Bug#220182: netcfg: Please re-order the TCP/IP configuration questions
Package: netcfg Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i The current order is not really natural : I suggest using the following order: -IP address -Netmask -Gateway -Machine name -Domain name -DNS servers Bill, feel free to comment as you are the one who motivated me to make this BR..:-) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.22 #2 Mon Sep 29 15:12:10 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#220182: netcfg: Please re-order the TCP/IP configuration questions
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 09:44:48AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: Package: netcfg Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i The current order is not really natural : I would like to propose this change; -IP address -Netmask -Gateway -DNS servers -Machine name -Domain name Bill, feel free to comment as you are the one who motivated me to make this BR..:-) My point is that we should ask the most important information first. If you access a Debian archive on the same LAN you only need IP address and netmask. Once d-i know IP address, it can guess default value for 'Netmask' and 'Gateway' (as it does already). If we want to access the Debian mirror we need the DNS server. Machine name and Domain name are not needed at this stage, and a lot of people don't have a Domain name. The order I propose is more in line with usual practice, be in software or in document (the sheet given by the sysadmin with the network info). Cheers, -- Bill. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#220182: netcfg: Please re-order the TCP/IP configuration questions
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 09:44:48AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: Package: netcfg Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i The current order is not really natural : I suggest using the following order: -IP address -Netmask -Gateway -Machine name -Domain name -DNS servers ip address, netmask, gw and dns (perhaps even domain?) can be obtained via dhcp, if available, this leaves out only machine name thus: -IP address -Netmask [guessed from ip address] -Gateway [guessed from previous answers] -DNS servers -Machine name -Domain name sounds sensible to me regards, filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi GNU/PG key: 6B79D401 Random signature follows: I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. -- Groucho Marx pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
