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List:       dhcp-client
Subject:    Re: (no subject)
From:       Jim Bloom <bloom () acm ! org>
Date:       2000-01-27 2:39:24
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Consider the case of laptops with removable NICs here.  There is no guarantee
that the NIC won't be inserted and removed while the server is running.

Jim Bloom
bloom@acm.org

brian_murrell@ssd.bctel.net wrote:
> Here's a question Ted.  Do you foresee a situation where an interface can
> be added to a system while the server is running such that it would not
> have been discovered during the intial discovery?  Meaning do you think all
> available interfaces will always be in either "dummy_interfaces" or
> "interfaces" for the lifetime of the server?  If so, then why wouldn't I
> just "retrieve" the "to be configured" interface back to interfaces from
> dummy_interfaces and flag it as needing to be "initialized" (or the already
> initialized interfaces as not needing initialization)?
> 
> b.
> 
> --
> Brian J. Murrell                                    Brian_Murrell@ssd.bctel.net
> BCTel Advanced Communications                                      604 454 5279
> Vancouver, B.C.

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