> >
> > 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...
>
I believe that it will go through the whole range of numbers, starting at
what you defined it as, to .255 as that is the upper limit of IPs.
Daniel
daniel@cco.net