Sometimes I really hate Windows

I have spent all evening trying to configure part of my network. I’m not going to lie because it is pretty complicated, but it all revolves around trying to get an additional wireless client attached to the network. The details are fairly irrelevant, but here’s a small example of why networking in Windows frankly sucks.

All of the access points on the network (of which there are basically three) issues IP addresses via DHCP. Fairly simple. In XP, you tell the connection that it should obtain an IP address automatically (i.e., request one from the DHCP server on the router). But on the computer I was trying to connect, for whatever reason, the DHCP service had been disabled.

So when Windows was telling me that it was getting an IP address automatically, it simply wouldn’t. Because it hadn’t started the DHCP service. The wisdom of XP told ME that it was a problem with the NETWORK and not with the computer. When I started the service, hey presto, it works.

F*cking Windows. I love my Mac. Moof.