>> > but one thing, networks where you rely on the dhcp server on the >> > router are highly unsafe. Please avoid them. >> >> Why so? > > in the first place, these are setup by the 'technical' staff of the > service provider. The root password is usually root123, the firewall is > identical on all modems, the permissions are the widest possible and the > client machines are usually windows. I use this, but my machines are all > linux with proper firewalls, and I can see the sort of rubbish the > router lets in in the logs.
True, but I am not sure how this is related to running the DHCP server on the router. Regards, BG -- Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose at gmail.com _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers