Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:28:33 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing new dynamic ip address Message-ID: <20171014192833.4c38649e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <9E9FD41B-997F-4506-AAF7-C70F038BBF70@fjl.co.uk> References: <59DA19E8.5000602@gmail.com> <7531e98e-6910-0853-b4e2-a3fe92bfb694@rail.eu.org> <9E9FD41B-997F-4506-AAF7-C70F038BBF70@fjl.co.uk>
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:18:55 +0100 Frank Leonhardt (m) wrote: > On 8 October 2017 13:37:30 BST, Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> wrote: > >DHCP protocol states > > > Hate to be a pendent, but it may not be a DHCP server giving you the > IP address unless you're running Ethernet. In some parts of the world > people do run PPPoE instead of ATM, so it might conceivability work > this way. AFAIK PPPoE uses LCP. I would have thought the distinction would be between PPP variants using LCP and bridging using DHCP. > Most DSL use LCP to configure IP address IME. Once you go > past the modem socket it doesn't look like Kansas any more.
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