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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!world!news.bu.edu!usenet From: mi@aldan.star89.galstar.com (Mikhail Teterin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: pppd and ip numbers Date: 26 Dec 1995 15:39:33 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 13 Sender: mi@aldan.bu.edu (Mikhail Teterin) Message-ID: <4bp4vl$h0v@news.bu.edu> References: <4bkf5e$rjh@osprey.unf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-72-5.bu.edu X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <4bkf5e$rjh@osprey.unf.edu> To: caddy@osprey.unf.edu (Cliff Addy) In article <4bkf5e$rjh@osprey.unf.edu>, caddy@osprey.unf.edu (Cliff Addy) writes: >I've installed pppd and have it doing logins fine. However, I'd like to know >how pppd decides on the ip numbers it assigns. I want it to assign ip numbers >from a particular block of numbers that *I* assign. I have no idea where it's >getting the numbers it has now. > Your Internet Service Provider assigns you a number every time you connect -- cheap solution. Find out if you can pay extra for the stable IP-address. -mi