Re: Naming s0-s29 (fwd)

MegaZone ((no email))
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:28:39 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time infinet's admin shaped the electrons to say...
>> Once upon a time Frank DiGennaro shaped the electrons to say...
>> >Off the top of my head, why couldnt you do a 'set sX address x.x.x.x.x'.
>Okay.. I am testing that out as I am writing this mail.

Why? You've even quoted my text where I already said it won't work for
dialin or dialout use...

>Command>set s9 address dialup-10.infinet.net.au
>[after that I got the following message]
>Port S9 local address changed from 0.0.0.0 to 0.0.0.13
>Is this correct?

Not at all. If dialup-10.infinet.net.au resolves to 0.0.0.13 - you have
a DNS config error. 0.0.0.13 is a bogus address.

>Do I have still have to add the above entry into the DNS/ zone files?

The entire point is moot:

*You cannot assign a fixed name/IP to a port for dialin or dialout!*

The only way to do this is to simulate it with a hack to RADIUS to do
pseudo-fixed IPs.

My original text you quoted:
>> That has no effect on dialin or dialout, the port settings only effect
>> Network (Hardwired) links.

-MZ

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