Re: DHCP

Doug McClure (closer@scescape.net)
Fri, 29 Nov 1996 17:49:19 -0500

Not that we'd want anything from DHCP except for it to go away and stay
gone...however, 95 insists on resurrecting it without provocation. Sure
it serves no purpose - but having it on makes a successful dialin
impossible.

-doug

Roger Marquis wrote:
>
> >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