Public Ethernet Connections

[Bob Cherry]

At 06:03 PM 5/28/98 -0700, Chris Lott wrote:
>Instead of using having one permanent IP address per machine/port, you have
>a DHCP server that dispenses an IP address out of a pool of addresses to
>each machine that hooks into the network.

Of course, each system being connected via this mechanism must also be
configured for the DHCP protocols and its ethernet configuration must also
be right.  Thus, libraries that want to do this better be prepared to
support users who don't understand the concepts and setup.

Bob