From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 12 18:15:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12129 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:15:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12122 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:15:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr05.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20356; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:15:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr05.primenet.com(206.165.6.205) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd020261; Fri Feb 12 19:15:43 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA27651; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:15:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902130215.TAA27651@usr05.primenet.com> Subject: Re: ppp server side startup commands To: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:15:35 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, phoenix@calldei.com, netmonger@genesis.ispace.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902130133.BAA58003@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> from "Brian Somers" at Feb 13, 99 01:33:55 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > To solve the problem, though: > > > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-agent-options-05.txt > > > > The PPP server should obtain IP addresses via DHCP. > > Sounds a bit messy - does ppp have to manage the lease information (I > haven't read the doc above yet) ? > > It's far easier & more manageable to ask ppp to assign a dynamic IP > or point it at a radius server. The IETF DHC working group would prefer that all software that obtains IP addresses from a pool use DHCP to do so. That includes RADIUS servers. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message