Re: user.service patch and statis ip's

Gary E. Miller (gem@rellim.com)
Wed, 27 Sep 1995 14:48:19 -0700 (PDT)

Yo Web!

On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, William Bulley wrote:

> 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.
Of course the real question is whether it works with Win95 and
a Portmaster. Scripting is non-existent in the basic package.

We find it easier just to tel people to add a "P" prefix for PPP.
Works fine for Mac and Win95 with NO scripting at all.

> I'm not sure if this is available with SLIP. I'm the
> RADIUS guy and not the PortMaster guy around here... :-)
SLIP is dead, long live PPP!

RGDS
GARY
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