Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!schmidt From: schmidt@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Christopher Schmidt) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: MacTCP/Telnet Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 90 18:58:21 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 In addition to the others mentioned, I like static addresses for the following reasons. I have a couple of nets where I converted all the macs to static addresses because localtalk macs occasionally (using either SUMacIP 3.0 or MacTCP) would complain "can't get my IP address" for no obvious reason. This happened often enough that it was worth assigning static addresses to quench the user complaints. We're running KSTAR 7.0U on Fastpath-4's, but had the same problem with 7.0 (and with 7.0U on Fastpath-2U's). I think I had the problem with KIP, too, but it's so long ago now, that I forget. Another reason I like static addresses is that I can finger a user who is telnetted into our Sun from one of our many macs and tell by the name/address which mac he is actually using so I can find him. (A single Fastpath-4 serves 25 offices on three floors of one of our buildings.) I can ping my mac from anywhere in the world. The main reason I like static addresses, however, is that email I send from my mac is obviously from my mac (SUMEX-Mac-19.Stanford.edu) and not from the relatively anonymous "kbox-a" or whatever! --Christopher -------