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[Casey Harkins <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>]

He mentioned earlier that "mode" is dynamic or static. I think rather than
mode, it should just be a menu with dynamic and static as options.
Further, the script currently assumes dhcp for dynamic addresses, so it
might be more clear to use "dhcp" or "static".

-casey


On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Eric Sandall wrote:

>
> > * nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com> [021021 09:59]:
> >> jack AT jbertram.net wrote:
> >> >Absolutely.  Well, instead of saying "Mode" (which to me, by the way,
> >> generally means 'promiscuous' or not, you could say "Is your network
> >> card dynamic or static".
> >>
> >> hee... haven't heard the term "promiscuous" in this sense in a
> >> while...  how old are you?
> >
> > Not _that_ old... is there another (more modern) word for promiscuous
> > mode on a network card?
>
> Aye.  I also only know mode as promiscuous or non- and would like to know
> what other meaning "mode" has?  (Age: 22)
>
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