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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 'iijppp -auto' and Dynamic IP Address Allocation Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 06:46:38 -0700 Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <31BC273E.73CC@www.play-hookey.com> References: <31BBC0E9.41C67EA6@dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.157.126.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Pierre Y. Dampure wrote: > > How can one set up iijppp to get dial on demand when one's ISP > allocates from either a class B or class C network ? seems Pipex > allocates its dialup IP clients either in net 128.43 or in net > 193.130.250, which makes it rather difficult for iijppp to deal with ! > > I probably miss something, but has anyone successfully implemented > iijppp dial on demand with this ISP ? > Check the handbook on user PPP, and also look through all of the sample ppp.--- files in /etc/ppp. It is quite possible to have iijppp accept either or both IP addresses from the peer. The basic procedure is to allocate an IP address of 0.0.0.0/0, and let the negotiations take place normally. This technique is included in the sample files. I hope this helps! Ken