Re: dynamically assigned IP numbers
Dr. Delete Ph.D. (doc@lame.org)
Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:31:15 -0400 (EDT)
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> Hey there,
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> I've set up a PM2E to do dynamic IP assignment. Shouldn't the assignment
> draw from a pool of IP's that are free? Whats happenning now is its slowly
> counting upwards. Someone called in last night and the last octet was .31.
> Calling back the next day, the octet was .32. Shouldn't it have assigned .31
> since it wasn't being used at the time? Or am I confused as to how it works?
Unfortunately, Livingston's dynamic IP address allocation doesn't allocate
IP addresses based upon the port. It simply allocates an IP address from
the starting point (set assigned) and counts upwards, then loops back
to the beginning.
It would be nice if the IP addresses corresponded with a given port
on a portmaster, makes it easy to troubleshoot users problems too.
(traceroute for instance would be much more meaningful)
-Doc