9fans archive / 1997 / 07 / 21 / prev next From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal... Subject: multiple ethernet interfaces, naming Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 20:03:15 BST DHCP is an Internet protocol, not exclusively Microsoft's, nor was it exclusively designed by them (although you'd hardly be blamed for thinking so, given the way it is commonly described as a wonderful new Microsoft invention by the PC press). it's actually quite a useful thing to have in the arsenal if you aim to take over the networking world.