Re: DHCP

Roger Marquis (marquis@roble.com)
Fri, 29 Nov 1996 13:12:56 -0800 (PST)

>MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com> wrote:
>Once upon a time Gilles Boily ing. shaped the electrons to say...
>>My question, is there REALLY any way to provide a full DHCP resolution
>>for a Internet dial-up client connect via a PM ?

>We support RFC 1877 which allows them to get their DNS info during PPP.
>
>I believe we also support BOOTP requests for info.
>
>But even that should be more than they need. If they have dialin networking
>configured then PPP will give them their IP and 1877 their DNS info.
>
>What more do they need for a dialin link?

A default route perhaps?

Aside from these parameters (IP, DNS, and default route) I too wonder
what you might want from DCHP that isn't available in IPCP over PPP?

Roger Marquis