Re: dynamically assigned IP numbers

Garry Shtern (shterng@buster.law.nyu.edu)
Tue, 26 Sep 1995 23:58:27 +1030 (???)

>
> 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)

I am sorry... There is one question that keeps coming up in my
mind, since I am in the midst of setting up my own portmaster. And that
is, what exactly will portmaster do as far as IP's are concerned.. Lets
say you assign addresses to it starting from 1.1.1.101.. What exactly
happens, lets say you have a 30 port portmaster.. will it start assigning
ips, and then when it gets to 1.1.1.130, will it start from the
beginning, or will it go on to 1.1.1.131.. and if this is so, how do you
stop it from doing this...

Thanks
Garry