Re: Regarding DHCP Desktop Help article



As per Shaun's suggestion, I have started work on a glossary of sorts relating to networking concepts and ideas.

What, in particular, should this entail, besides what is mentioned below? Or would it make more sense for me to explain each of these in each entry where applicable?

On 04/29/2010 06:27 PM, Shaun McCance wrote:
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 22:36 +0100, Phil Bull wrote:
Hi Mewshi,

Thanks for submitting this! I've reviewed it and have a few comments:

       * The topic is well written. I particularly like the flow of the
         text (except for the use of the word "facilitating" ;)
       * The technical level of the article is too advanced; it should
         target non-technical users and so no understanding of networking
         concepts should be assumed. In fact, the whole article is to do
         with a networking concept, so it might be worth building up the
         reader's background understanding a little so that the
         explanation of DHCP itself is easier to grasp. This might
         include discussion of what an IP address is.
       * There are a few jargon words in there (protocol, assignment, IP
         addresses, server, router), each of which would need a
         reader-friendly explanation when used.
I'd suggested on IRC that, instead of a "What is DHCP?" topic,
perhaps we should have a "Networking concepts and terms" that
explains IP address and DHCP and whatever else. It's hard to
talk about DHCP without saying "IP address".

--
Shaun






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