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From: gi101@cus.cam.ac.uk (G. Ioannou)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: SLIP with variable IP address
Date: 17 Feb 1996 14:07:50 GMT
Organization: University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
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Is it possible to set up a FreeBSD 2.1 machine as a SLIP client that
uses a different IP address each time it dials the provider?  The
allocated IP address is reported by the remote host in plain english
just before the SLIP service begins.  TIA.

-G.