Hi, For Christmas I'm getting a pair of Explora Xterminals (thanks Craig F) and a hub.
Naturally I'm gonna hook them up to my linux box. What I'm trying to decide is whether to give each Xterminal a static IP or use DHCP. I'd like to keep the number of daemons running on my linux box to a minimum, hence the idea of going static. If I assign static IPs, will I need a /etc/ethers file to map MAC address to IP address? I imagine I'd only need to set it up once. Would I be better off using DHCP? - like I mentioned before, I'm wary of having too many daemons running. The only advantage I can think of for using DHCP is when friends bring a laptop around (rare). What are other home lan admins thoughts on this please? Thanks Yuri
