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Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast?

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354 points timdoug | 2 comments | 12 Jul 11 17:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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flogic ◴[12 Jul 11 21:32 UTC] No.2756697[source]▶
Rather than asking why the mac is so fast, the correct question is "why the hell is dhcpcd so slow?". There's a full second before it does anything.
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1. vacri ◴[13 Jul 11 01:42 UTC] No.2757450[source]▶
I think it's apples and oranges to some degree - a macbook pro with a venerable operating system versus a tablet with one that's still heavily in development.

Better to compare galaxy vs ipad tablets, or osx vs other unix vs windows

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2. krakensden ◴[13 Jul 11 02:45 UTC] No.2757580[source]▶
The tablet is using dhcpcd, which is plenty venerable.