Evan, > 1) RARP (rfc 903) > 2) BOOTP (rfc 1534) > 3) DHCP (rfc 2131) > 4) ZeroConf (draft rfc:draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-17) > I'm working on RFC 2131 now, when I get that done we can talk about other stuff. I'd rather avoid the first two since I think we don't have to be _that_ backwards compatible. I had not heard of ZeroConf, but it sounds impressive. I'm surprised that Zeroconf has been around since 1999, but still is in draft mode. > I included the first two for completeness, but having > ZeroConf support would be very nice. I'd prefer to see these > as userspace programs to manage the interfaces, possibly > configurable on a per-interface basis. So you could say > something like: > eth0: DHCP or ZeroConf > eth1: Fixed-IP > ppp0: DHCP > That sounds like a good idea. --David