Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 01:54:17 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Marco Masotti <masotti@mclink.it> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP in quiet mode and (semi)dynamic addressing Message-ID: <199804230054.BAA20667@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Apr 1998 10:44:19 -0000." <353DCA03.794BDF32@mclink.it>
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> I'm trying to set up a PPP connection in quiet mode.
>
> Unfortunately the local ISP assign a fixed IP just for (my) local
> address, that never changes, while let the remote (ISP) address dynamic,
> so this latter changing at every connection.
>
> The changing remote ISP addresses can be in the two different ranges
> 192.x.x.x and 195.x.x.x.
>
> Is this semi-dynamic configuration feasible and how could I accomodate
> the two above ranges?
In user-ppp, ``set ifaddr x.x.x.x 10.0.0.1/0''. Check out the ppp
docs (man ppp).
> PS: Does anybody figure out the sense for that ISP's way to set up?
Maybe he's got terminal servers in more than one location - sounds
like a reasonable setup to me :-)
> Many thanks!
>
> - Marco
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