Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:59:26 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, FreeBSD-ISP <FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ppp using dynamic IPs Message-ID: <199906151659.RAA30755@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Jun 1999 23:29:45 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906132329020.567-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Brian Somers wrote:
>
> > > I am setting up a new machine, the server side of a bunch of ppp
> > > connections, and I have it now working for static IPs. I am letting
> > > login do my security checking (owner wants that, it's not my choice),
> > > but I need to be able to convert it to using dynamic IPs.
> > >
> > > I have the user's shell set up as /usr/local/bin/ppplogin, which starts
> > > the user's ppp session. Is using dynamic IPs (from the server side, NOT
> > > the user side) documented anywhere, of can someone describe what I have
> > > to do? I have the block of IPs already.
> > >
> > > (I'm converting an old BSDi machine to FreeBSD. Owner says I can
> > > convert ppp to chap after I get it working the old way first.)
> >
> > Hmm, this isn't very ``searchable'' in the user-ppp man page (I'll
> > add the word ``dynamic'' somwhere :-)
> >
> >
> > Hisaddr may also be specified as a range of IP numbers in the
> > format
> >
> > IP[-IP][,IP[-IP]]...
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1 10.0.1.2-10.0.1.10,10.0.1.20
> >
> >
> > The range can be put in ppp.conf as above or even in ppp.secret if
> > you want to change the range based on their pap or chap username.
>
> Great, this actually searches for which numbers are currently not in
> use?
But of course :-)
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