Subject: Re: dynamic allocation of IP
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/09/1997 18:24:14
In article <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970909075311.2760A-100000@meddle.belen.k12.nm.us>,
Sasha Egan <wildcard@belen.k12.nm.us> writes:
> I need FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE ...
Aaah, this is a *NetBSD* mailing list. But the solution should be the
same for both operating systems.
> ... to dynamicly assign IP addresses to winblows95 dial-up networking.
No problem.
> I can't seem to contact anyone inside microsoft who can tell me how this
> program recieves a dynamic number.
It simply uses pppd's IPCP protocol.
> Right now I have a script that I have written assign the modem that is
> called ...
You assign them depending on the tty?
> ... an IP address from a list of availables, but I haven't the
> slightest idea of how to pass this number to win95.
Just pass it as argument to pppd in the form "server-ip:client-ip"
e.g. "pppd ... 192.168.1.1:192.168.42.42" where 192.168.42.42 is the
ip number for the Windows 95 system.
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Matthias Scheler http://home.owl.de/~tron/