Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Ticket #192


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2010-03-08T17:22:21Z (15 years ago)
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Jakub Jermář
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  • Ticket #192 – Description

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    1 Create a set of tools that would increase the comforts of using networking in HelenOS such as domain name resolution and manual/automatic network configuration.
     1Create a set of command line tools that would increase the comforts of using networking in HelenOS such as domain name resolution and manual/automatic network configuration.
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    1010 What Gains and Benefits will this bring?::
    11  In its current form, there is no domain name resolution in HelenOS and the network interfaces are configured once from a static configuration file when '''netstart''' runs.
     11 HelenOS has received networking support very recently. In its current form, there is no domain name resolution in HelenOS and the network interfaces are configured once from a static configuration file when '''netstart''' runs.
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    1313 The ability to use domain names instead of plain IP addresses is a big usability leap forward and also an expected standard in todays operating systems. For future prospects and also for the use in simulators such as Qemu and !VirtualBox, it is also good to be able to get the network configuration via DHCP. In any case, the user should be given a chance to modify the configuration manually using some sort of a utility.