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Re: UPnP and Ecos
- To: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>, jean-luc dot philippe at mgeups dot com
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] UPnP and Ecos
- From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:19:41 -0400
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <C1256A2C.003DC870.00@gin123.ftgin.com>
> > BOOTP, DHCP-Client, AUTO-IP, ARP for Addressing on IP.
>
>All those except AUTO-IP.
AutoIP is simple and definitely implementable within eCos (though I think
of little value in adding to the base OS). It essentially consists of
picking an IP address and pinging it to see if someone else owns it. If no,
then you squat on that address.
=== Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Embedded Engineer)
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"... a man who is endowed with real qualities of leadership will be tempted
to refrain from taking part in political life; because [...] the situation
does not call for a man who has a capacity for constructive statesmanship
but rather for a man who is capable of bargaining for the favour of the
majority. Thus the situation will appeal to small minds and will attract
them accordingly."