Tony.
On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Jason Fiset wrote:
>
> Is there any way to set the end of the IP pool for dynamic allocation? I
> don't remember seeing how to set this in any of the manuals I got. I
> only have instructions on how to set the start of the assigned pool by
> using set assigned <IP_address>
>
>
> --
> Jason Fiset
> System Manager - Mountain Internet
> email: jfiset@mountain-inter.net
> web: http://www.mountain-inter.net/~jfiset
>
> On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Brian Elfert wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Jason Fiset wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately, the IP address keeps incrementing on the portmaster
> > > everytime I log in. I'm the only one using the portmaster right now so
> >
> > It's supposed to do this.
> >
> > > it's not because of concurrent logins. Any idea why this is happening?
> > > Is it supposed to do this? I thought that once I logged off, it would
> > > put the IP address back into the available pool and the next time I would
> > > log in, I would get the same IP address. Maybe it keeps going till it
> > > hits the assigned IP address + 30 and then starts back at the start of
> > > the block?
> >
> > It will keep assigning the next available address until it gets to the
> > end of the assigned block, and then will go back to the beginning of the
> > pool.
> >
> > Part of the reason this is done is so if someone gets disconnected, and
> > calls right back without exiting something like Trumpet, they can get the
> > same IP address again. If the address is available, the PM will give it
> > to them, otherwise they get the next address ion the pool like normal.
> >
> > Brian
> >
>