Re: Framed-Route

Steven P. Crain (scrain@shore.net)
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:23:15 -0500 (EST)

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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Evan Champion wrote:

> The Framed-Route attribute (as interpreted by the Portmasters) is
> formatted as:
>
> Framed-Route = "network destination distance"
>
> The problem is that assumes that you know up-front what the destination
> will be (ie: doesn't allow dynamic IP address assignment).
>
> Our other terminal servers support the following format:
>
> Framed-Route = "destination/maskbits"
>
> Ie:
>
> Framed-Route = "10.10.10.0/24"
>
> for the 10.10.10.0 class C. It is assumed that the route is put through
> the user who connected with an appropriate distance.
>
> Is there any way the Portmasters can be used like this (or, as a
> suggestion for a future software rev, is there any way this functionality
> could be added)?

The functionality you want is

Framed-Route = "10.10.10.0/24 0.0.0.0 1"

the portmaster will fill in whatever static/dynamic IP is negotiated when
it sees 0.0.0.0.

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Steven P. Crain scrain@shore.net http://www.shore.net/~scrain
Shore.Net Unix Development and Administration
An ISP with Excellence in the Greater Boston Area.

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