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Re: Dynamic IP



Ariel Biener wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, Nir Soffer wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > HUJI AFAIK doesn't use dynamic IP's, it has an IP per each modem in
> > the modem pool as well.
> >
> > (Check out the IP address you are assigned, and the terminal server you
> > have connected to, and the tty you are on, you will find that there is
> > quite a correlation :) )
> 
> True, same goes for TAU, and I guess that this exact comfiguration is the
> common practice at all the providers in IL.
> 
> --Ariel
> 
> >
> >  Regards,
> > Nir.
> > On Wed, 28 May 1997, Ira Abramov wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 27 May 1997, Constantin Eizner wrote:
> > >
> > > > I need to use Linux station to give dynamic IP to user connected via
> > > > network and not via Modem. I need somehow define IP`s pool and execute
> > > > pppd for each user. What changes I have to make in system for it?
> > >
> > > except for huji and a few other places, dynamic ppp is a dying thing, most
> > > providers have a pool of modems that are used ONLY for ppp, so there is no
> > > reason NOT to give a fixed IP per modem (which they do).
> > > http://www.buoy.com/isp/ gives youall the exact details how to set this
> > > up wth mgetty, it's 1-2 hours of work and works as smooth as a one line
> > > "Hello World Perl script... well, ALMOST. :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >  -------------------------------------------------------------
> > >  Ira Abramov          <ira@scso.com>        Scalable Solutions
> > >  POBox 3600, Jerusalem 91035, Israel       Tel (972)2-642-6822
> > >  http://www.scso.com/~ira   Check out: http://www.linux.org.il
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Nir Soffer AKA ScorpioS. scorpios@cs.huji.ac.il
> > "Power corrupts.  Absolute power is kind of neat"
> >                 -- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy 1981-1987
> >
> >
> 
>    +---------------------------------------------------------+
>    | Ariel Biener                                            |
>    | e-mail: ariel@post.tau.ac.il        Work ph: 03-6406086 |
>    +---------------------------------------------------------+
On USR terminal servers, the server is given a pool of IPs, from which
it will allocates  at its discretion.



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