Re: user.service patch and statis ip's

William Bulley (web@merit.edu)
Wed, 27 Sep 1995 17:13:45 -0400 (EDT)

According to Gary E. Miller:
>
> > Is every one totally confused at this point? ;^)
>
> Yes! How does a PPP sessiosn (specifically from a Portmaster) get
> started BEFORE login? How does the User/Livingston provide this
> Service-Type?

Well, one of two ways: You see, we send out the "host:" prompt
before the "login:" prompt. Two of the "legal" hosts are "ppp"
and "slip" which the PortMaster turns into a Service-Type hint.
The other way is for the PPP client to just start cranking out
PPP packets after the modems train or sync up. The PortMaster
(as a good PPP server) can then determine that this is a PPP
session. I'm not sure if this is available with SLIP. I'm the
RADIUS guy and not the PortMaster guy around here... :-)

Regards,

web...

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