Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!hubcap From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: laptop Internet addresses. Message-ID: <1991May29.140806.8787@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 29 May 91 14:08:06 GMT References: <27029@adm.brl.mil> Organization: Clemson University Lines: 11 Hmmm... what if you gave the IP addresses to the taps. You know, ``whoever plugs in here is 123.45.678.9''. Of course, they'd have to edit their telnet.config file (or whatever) before they hooked up everytime they sat down at a new place, but if they want to be able to plug in everywhere, that shouldn't be too much to ask. On the other hand, (I've never thought about it before) the thought of a dynamic physical network topology run by the whim of the users sounds kind of scary to me. -Mike