On October 8, 2019 at 03:00 michel...@tsisemi.com (Michel Py) wrote: > > Owen DeLong wrote : > > Well… I don’t run into this very often any more, but I guess if you have a > > poorly run DNS environment, it might be more of an issue. > > About half of my devices, including all the VOIP phones, do not have DNS. I > just cannot afford to lose the phones if there is a DNS failure. They have > DHCP, but not DNS.
Considering the audience here configuration, maintenance, and repair might involve entering numeric IP addresses. Not the average user? I don't know, define average, how many tens of millions of sites out there have more than just edge routers? How many have adequate educational and reference materials in their native language? etc. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*