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[rejetto]

There are people using HFS both in LAN and over the Internet.

But the problem is: HFS starts in a default mode. Until the user change the mode, should the warning appear?

[jack_2000]

apipa is useless for HFS users since you want to connect either to a lan or PPP/DHCP
Maybe if it's in "noob mode",hfs should warn the user there might be something wrong with their connection, if it's in expert mode the warning will be suppressed. With the "check box" for not showing the warning again.

[MarkV]

There are people using HFS both in LAN and over the Internet.

But the problem is: HFS starts in a default mode. Until the user change the mode, should the warning appear?

If you use both in LAN and Internet, the online mode applies - it doesn't exclude LAN usage but offers the full online options.
The LAN only mode should disable all options exclusive for Internet usage and suppress the connection warnings.

@Jack_2000

From what I've read, you can build a LAN with APIPA, it's just not usable with routers.
As for the 'noob' mode, ask yourself, would the power user not like to be informed if his/her connection broke? I agree with you tough, the user should have a choice to end the nagging.