From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 3 21:28:25 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id VAA11182 for current-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 21:28:25 -0700 Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA11176 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 21:28:23 -0700 Received: from mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA15333; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 23:24:21 -0500 Received: by mailbox.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Mon, 3 Jul 95 21:41 CDT Received: by venus.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Mon, 3 Jul 95 21:41 CDT Message-Id: Subject: Re: ppp To: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 21:41:32 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" Cc: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com, freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: from "Tom Samplonius" at Jul 3, 95 12:32:31 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1878 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Mon, 3 Jul 1995, James Leppek wrote: > > > How did you configure your netblazer(what they have) to do this? > > IMO, Netblazer's don't make a very good PPP server. I don't believe > that dynamic IP assignment out of an address pool is possible with the 2.3 > software. You can get different systems with proper PPP negotiation for > much less. You be nuts. Netblazers certainly do proper PPP negotiation. They can also, if you know what you're doing, handle FIXED ADDRESS PPP accounts in a multi-POP environment. I have used them for more than three years now. For flexibility, NOTHING touches them at this point in time. > > was it configured to assert a particular IP based on password like most? > > As I indicated, I asked that they should certainly refused IP's they > > do not have authority over as a minimum, but I have no "real" > > ability to do anything. I also love to constantly hear "the windows > > and linux users do not have a problem" AAARRRRGGGG > > If you need to convince them that there is problem, see if the their mail > server(s) is on the same subnet as the Netblazer and use that IP address. > This will convince them quite quickly. > > > what is magic about 192.0.0.1? should ppp map a users configuration > > request to some arbitrary alternate IP. Set ifaddr is there for > > a purpose and even gives "ifaddr 0 0" in an example. > > Nothing is special about 192.0.0.1. No magic remapping should actually > be taking place. > > Tom -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | (shell, PPP, SLIP, leased) in Chicagoland Voice: [+1 312 248-8649] | 7 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL AP Clarinet feed!