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Date:  Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:51:08 -0500
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Time for a new DHCP client

Thanks for your thoughts, Steve. Some follow-up:

Steven Levine wrote:

>In <41B7CCDA.1030307@2rosenthals.com>, on 12/08/04 
>   at 10:56 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:
>
>  
>
>>If someone with some expertise in this area is on the list, the time has 
>>come for a new DHCP client for OS/2,
>>    
>>
>
>In the scheme of things, this is doable.  Most of the logic to do this
>already exists in apps like eCSCoNet and Injoy, so I would be talking to
>them first.
>
>  
>
Good idea. This is one of the reason why I would have thought that this 
would have been resolved some time ago. It's not like this is a novel 
(no pun on "Novell" intended) idea...

>>In addition to this, we need an updated NetWare client, which supports 
>>pure IP, multiple tree logins, and (well, part of the IP support) SLP in 
>>addition to IPX's SAP. It would be great if there was no primary vs 
>>secondary interface difference, too (i.e., if the primary interface is 
>>down, the secondary interface can't connect to a server, as it doesn't 
>>listen to SAPs...who's bright idea was that one, anyway?). Again, for 
>>clarity, let me state UNEQUIVOCABLY: I WOULD PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THIS.
>>    
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>
>This gets into the area of blue sky wishlist.  It's a lot of work, even if
>something like an open source linux client exists.
>
>  
>
The open source client (Novel Client for Linux - yes, with one "l") is 
mainly IPX-related. Supposedly, Novell has said that they will be 
releasing a fully integrated desktop client for Linux in the next couple 
of months, including support for native Novell drive mappings (not via 
NFS or SAMBA) and NCP (Novell Core Protocol) over IP. I don't know if 
this will be open source, but I seem to recall reading something about 
it being based on an open source project (Novel Client?). Porting, of 
course, is another story.

-- 
Lewis
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