Re: [devel] Opinions for network interface configuration dialog

On Tuesday 18 May 2004 18:54, Kévin 'ervin' Ottens wrote:
> Le mardi 18 Mai 2004 18:39, Otto Kekäläinen a écrit :
> > > http://knetworkconf.sourceforge.net/Screenshots/0.6/kaddDeviceDlg4.png
> >
> > I think this is the best option, bootp is not (never?) used in normal
> > desktop machiners. (of course, the manual options should become disabled 
if
> > DHCP is selected)
> 
> It's my favorite too...
> 
> About the bootp protocol, it's never used by the "mythic average "user so no 
> need to have it on the dialog IMHO. But of course it is important to support 
> it for thin clients! It is just that it's not needed in GUI.

not quite. If the machine booted off bootp and I go to knetworkconf then I 
expect (demand!) to be told what the network settings are, even if it is 
bootp!

ASCII-o-vision:

-------------------------------------------
TCP/IP address:
  [ ] Automatic [DHCP |V]
  [*] Manual
        IP:     [192.168.1.1___]
        Netmask:[255.255.255.0_]    

[ ] Enable during startup

-------------------------------------------

Notes:

* IP and netmask belong _under_ the radiobutton for Manual (because the Manual 
radiobutton 'unlocks' the IP and netmask input fields)

* Put 'bootp' in the same pulldown as DHCP, but make DHCP the default. (this 
will kind of hide bootp a bit and make the dialog smaller.)

* Wording changes.

cheers,

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