On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 2:03 PM Gary Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 08:04:40PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > > The documentation > > > http://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/systems-administration/#configuring-networking > > writes: > > > "While usually server and desktop installations tend to use default > > network configurations, laptop users can leverage nwam network > > configuations." > > That really means: "in an envionment where the network configuration > changes frequently". > Speaking as an experimental user (read: OI is not my daily driver) who acknowledges OI inherits a lot of internal functionality from a server/workstation distro (openSolaris): all of this strikes me as anachronistically(?) complicated for something that should by default expect to get an IP address lease from any DHCP server on a network to which it's connected. Or, put more simply: it assumes a lot of network complexity that isn't there for most (home) networks. I'm not necessarily advocating for it to change since I don't have the time to do it and clearly it seems to work for many people; just making an observation. I can't think of any other OS I've used (Android, Linux, Windows, (Free)BSD) for which maintaining a network connection isn't anything more than connecting an Ethernet cable. > > > So that doc positions NWAM as a solution for 'laptop users'. > > Opinions may differ ... > > NWAM actually works well in many situations. > > > -- > -Gary Mills- -refurb- -Winnipeg, Manitoba, > Canada- > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
