Why does dynamic addressing not always work?

Chris Schmidt (schmidtc@adsnet.net)
Tue, 10 Oct 95 03:23:37 PDT

Here
Here's the situation:

PM2e 30-ports. A user logs in and is assigned an address using, for example,
trumpet winsock. When trumpet winsock gets the assigned address, it updates
the .ini file and when you choose file->setup you can actually see the
asssigned ip in the proper place.

The same thing happens with MacTCP and ConfigPPP. No problem, right?

Wrong. When that same user logs out and then logs in again, since the IP has
been saved in Winsock or in MacTCP, they are assigned that same IP address
again if it is available. If it is not, they are assigned a new one, which
updates the .ini or preferences file.

Basically, if the user so wishes, they can choose an IP address in the
range specified on the PM, and so long as they address is available, they
will get it.

Is it supposed to work that way?

Chris