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Date:      Mon, 06 Apr 1998 14:35:53 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Arve Ronning <arve.ronning@alcatel.no>
Cc:        freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I4B: IPCP address negotiation 
Message-ID:  <10098.891866153@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Apr 1998 14:20:03 %2B0200." <3528C873.88DEB913@alcatel.no> 

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In message <3528C873.88DEB913@alcatel.no>, Arve Ronning writes:
>The following is a slightly edited log from a _successful_
>call to my ISP
>
>  Apr  5 12:27:03 Gate /kernel: isppp0:
>
>   ipcp input(req-sent): <conf-nak id=0x5 len=10 3-6-c0-c1-c2-b3>
>   ipcp nak opts:  address [wantaddr 192.193.194.179] [agree]
>   ipcp output <conf-req id=0x7 len=10 3-6-c0-c1-c2-b3>
>   ipcp input(req-sent): <conf-req id=0x2 len=10 3-6-c0-c1-c2-f4>
>   ipcp parse opts:  address
>   ipcp parse opt values:  address 0.0.0.1 [ack]  send conf-ack
>   ipcp output <conf-ack id=0x2 len=10 3-6-c0-c1-c2-f4>
>   ipcp input(ack-sent): <conf-ack id=0x7 len=10 3-6-c0-c1-c2-b3>
>   ipcp tlu
>
>If I understand this correctly, my end accepts his proposal to use
>hisaddr = 192.193.194.244. However, netstat shows that my end
>continues to use hisaddr = 0.0.0.1. I'm worried about sending an
>illegal IP address onto the Internet.

This is all correct, you will not send illegal IPs.

>If yes, what makes 0.0.0.1 special ? (reserved use in PPP ?)

Read the manpage.


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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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