DHCP question

2003-02-21 Thread pll
Does anyone know offhand how many DNS search domains are allowed to be issued by a DHCP server to the client? For some reason I seem to think it's only one, but I don't remember if that was a protocol limitation or a limit with ISC's implementation. Also, anyone know if MS ever fixed their

Re: DHCP question

2003-02-21 Thread Kevin D. Clark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know offhand how many DNS search domains are allowed to be issued by a DHCP server to the client? For some reason I seem to think it's only one, but I don't remember if that was a protocol limitation or a limit with ISC's implementation. The way

Re: DHCP question

2003-02-21 Thread Matthew J. Brodeur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know offhand how many DNS search domains are allowed to be issued by a DHCP server to the client? Technically, one. ISC says, The current DHCP spec doesn't support specifying a domain

Re: DHCP question

2003-02-21 Thread pll
In a message dated: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:21:28 EST Matthew J. Brodeur said: On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know offhand how many DNS search domains are allowed to be issued by a DHCP server to the client? Technically, one. ISC says, The current DHCP spec doesn't

Re: Intel says the PC BIOS will be replaced with 'EFI'

2003-02-21 Thread Travis Roy
They're just switching to openfirmware.. Apple and Sun have been using it for years. it works, it's easy, it's open, it's customizable. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greater NH Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Intel

Great Article on Open Source/Linux stuff

2003-02-21 Thread Ben Boulanger
In business http://yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_09/b3822601_tc102.htm -- He who hurries can not walk with dignity. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Great Article on Open Source/Linux stuff

2003-02-21 Thread Erik Price
Ben Boulanger wrote: In business http://yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_09/b3822601_tc102.htm I hadn't heard about this part: excerpt What could derail Linux? The biggest risks are intellectual-property issues. SCO Group, holder of the original patents for Unix software upon

Re: CUPS help?

2003-02-21 Thread Vince McHugh
Paul, Sorry I could not respond to your CUPS problem as quickly as I would have liked, but I've been out on the road swamped with work. Making up for the Holiday Snow day. Now that I have had a chance to REALLY read your post I noticed So, I switched my config from using

Re: Great Article on Open Source/Linux stuff

2003-02-21 Thread pll
In a message dated: 21 Feb 2003 12:31:27 EST Rob Lembree said: So you're saying that SCO's finally found a revenue stream? maddog mentioned this a few weeks ago, but at the time he seemed to think it unlikely that they would actually attempt to shakedown Linux distributions. It'll

Wireless Stuff (Regulation)

2003-02-21 Thread Travis Roy
http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/article.php/1135751 The interesting part: Most WISP operators look at the back of a piece of equipment, see the FCC label and say, 'all right, looks good, I'll buy it,' and put it in their network, Anderson said. What many don't realize is that the system, in

Re: CUPS help?

2003-02-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
Note that the BLU April 16th meeting will focus on CUPS. I know that this is quite far into the future for those who want help now, but ... -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245

Re: Intel says the PC BIOS will be replaced with 'EFI'

2003-02-21 Thread Bayard R. Coolidge
While it's true that the proprietary architecture vendors such as Sun, DEC, et al, had a large system service capability mentality, I would think that, at least for the Itanium2-based systems, be they desktop or server, it would make sense to expand/enhance the BIOS capabilities ANYWAY, if for no

Re: Intel says the PC BIOS will be replaced with 'EFI'

2003-02-21 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Bayard R. Coolidge wrote: While it's true that the proprietary architecture vendors such as Sun, DEC, et al, had a large system service capability mentality, I would think that, at least for the Itanium2-based systems, be they desktop or server, it would make sense to

Deregulation, DSL Providers and Verizon

2003-02-21 Thread Travis Roy
So on my way home I was listening to NHPR. They had some guy from Verizon talking about that FCC thing the other day about the deregulation and how they didn't have to sell their lines to other ISPS.. Well it turns out that it only applies to NEW infrastructure, not what's there already.. The

Re: Intel says the PC BIOS will be replaced with 'EFI'

2003-02-21 Thread Bob Bell
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:13:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2130826,00.html I honestly don't think this is huge news. Intel's use of EFI on Itanium architecture has been going on for some time. EFI has it's good point and bad;

Latest Redhat beta

2003-02-21 Thread Jeff Macdonald
From the release notes: The following packages have been deprecated, and may be removed from a future release of Red Hat Linux: - pine - License-related issues Anybody know what the issues are? -- Jeff Macdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Into birding? Check out http://www.migratus.com