On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Larry Mintz wrote:
> So you are saying Windows is better at networking than Linux ? Right.
Nothing could be farthest from the truth. All I said was that Windows uses
a mechanism for DHCP renewal after reboot which makes life easier. The
mechanism happens to work to the benefit of both mobile and Workstation
users.
I think I speak from experience when I say DHCP *client* under Linux
leaves somethings to be desired. This is magnified more than ten folds by
RedHat's decision to use pump rather than dhcpcd.
I myself had to hardcode IP address of my workstation simply because DHCP
lease renewal was not 100% reliable. To be fair I gotta say that our
network is a very complex and weired one. But nevertheless I understand
that almost everyone has problems with pump.
That said, I have setup DHCP on Windows NT, Novell, and Linux for well
over 1000 Workstations across several subnets, and nothing (and I mean
NOTHING) beats dhcp server under Linux. I have a 486 server with 32MB of
RAM (running Linux) serving dynamic IPs (four hour lease) to more than 700
workstations on several subnets without a sweat. Try *that* on NT or
Novell :-)
So, when I say something, I mean to bring some shortcomings to light so
that a proper design decision can be made next time around. I never
implied that Windows networking was better than Linux; God forbid :-)
cheers,
Hossein
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