Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:00:06 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mpd and bringing up routes at connect time Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020720215920.07694b88@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <200207210143.g6L1hIF74872@arch20m.dellroad.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020716111422.07bc1498@marble.sentex.ca>
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Thanks for the clarification. I think I will try and take your suggestion
and see about adding a route at connect time via the secrets file.
---Mike
At 06:43 PM 7/20/2002 -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
>Mike Tancsa writes:
> > Is there any way with mpd to automatically bring up a route when a
> customer
> > connects using pptp where multiple users are connecting ? The problem I
> > am running into is that user X will PPTP into the server. As they will
> come
> > in on different netgraph interfaces, the route needs to be pointed to a
> > different netgraph interface each time.
>
>If each user always connects from the same, distinct IP address then
>the answer is yes - just allocate a separate bundle for each user.
>
>Otherwise, mpd doesn't support doing that. It wouldn't be too difficult
>of a hack though, to add a route to the mpd.secrets file in the same way
>that you can add an IP address.
>
> > Specifically, how do I add n routes to user X's connection on demand. Is
> > it possible with mpd ?
>
>If you know the bundle that will be chosen ahead of time (same thing
>as knowing the client's IP address ahead of time, as mentioned above)
>then just use the 'set iface route ...' command. Otherwise, you can't
>currently do it.
>
>-Archie
>
>__________________________________________________________________________
>Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com
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