Re: basic networking queries

[James Miller <jamtat@mailsnare.net>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Ray Olszewski wrote:

Thanks for your answer, Ray.  I didn't provide much detail because, rather
than trying to set something up specifically or trying to troubleshoot, I
was trying to understand better *in theory* something about networking -
namely about how DHCP works.  I know so little about it, in fact, that I'm
not sure what sort of information to provide.  I do use a Slackware
variant.  As I mentioned, I know from sources connected with this variant
that some form of dhcp is enabled on it (dhcpd?) and maybe just runs as a
background process.  But this is really already further than I want to go
with this.  I'm just trying to better my grasp on some of the fundamentals
of how dhcp works, what sort of info it needs/uses and the like.  One of
those touchy-feely inquiries, you know, where you're not even sure which
questions to ask to get started learning?  I don't know, maybe you already
know everything about everything and don't find yourself in those sorts of
situations.  But I sure do (not ashamed of admitting it, either).  Anyway,
this sort of inquiry goes in stages for me: I start with some probings,
which helps me get bearings and know what further to ask, where further to
look.  At some later stage of the learning process, I can then formulate
more specific questions related to some task.  But I'm just not at that
stage yet with DHCP.  Is a linux-newbie list not the place to make those
sorts of inquiries?

James

PS I had some problems getting that message to the list, since my initial
post got lost.  Maybe I didn't formulate things very clearly in the
rewriting, with the disappointment of having lost what I'd earlier
started.
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