Hi there,

I'd be very interested in starting a discussion on the need (whatever it may
be) for DHCP on the HP3000. The reason for this is very simple. When I go to
a site to do an MPE Training class, I sometimes need to have an NT server
available to provide DHCP services to attendees who may be connecting to my
HP3000 via the network.

It is particularly frutrating to be standing there extolling the many
virtues of the HP3000 and to have to admit that, "No, I need this NT box
just so you can connect more easily". It leaves a bitter taste, and also
means that NT gets in the door.

On a recent HP Distributed Classroom presentation, about NT
interooperability, Alvina Nishimoto observed that NT had snuck into data
centers by providing simple services first, and then making itself more and
more useful. With the recent explosion of interoperability services on the
HP3000, I wonder how many, like myself, would be interested in adding DHCP
to the list?

So, a couple of quick questions:

1.  Do you have an immediate or short-term need for DHCP capabilities?
(Please desrcibe to the extent that you can)

2.  Do you presently have an NT server, or other existing mechanism for
meeting that need?

3.  Would you be interested in having DHCP available on the HP3000?

4.  Would your interest extend to actually paying for DHCP (shudder! ;-)

Thanks for you interest - please make certain that "DHCP Survey" appears in
the subject of your repsonse, so I can summarize and post the results.

Tony