Re: (PM) PM3 & DHCP

James (James@superbug.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 18:52:35 +0000

Hello
The DHCP in portmaster products is only supported as a DHCP relay
agent. It is not for assigning IP addresses for Dial in users. DUN uses
PPP to assign IP address. DUN does not send out DHCP requests.
If you have a PM3 at central site, and an office router at remotes
sites. Remote PC on the remote lan can send out DHCP requests during
boot up. The office router will forward these to the central site using
DHCP proxy. The central site NT server will reply to the office router.
The office router will then reply to the client PC giving it an IP
address. This is what DHCP proxy is. Livingston will have to go one
further to support DHCP assigned DUN.
So this means that PM3 DHCP can assign IP address, just not to DUN
users.
I hope this is correct (MZ).
Cheers
James

From: Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:35:58 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: (PM) PM3 & DHCP

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Jukka Pakkanen wrote:

> > > Can PM3 use DHCP server for IP address assigning?
> >
> > Ick! I didnt think DHCP worked right. WHy not use the assigned pool
or
> > radius? The idea of dhcp is to make it so you have just 1 database
to
> > administer for changing ip addresses, etc... And either the assigned

> > address setting OR radius does this for you.
> >
>
> I agree, the idea of dhcp is just that. And because the
> client already has dhcp server set up, why should
> they also use PM3 assigned addresses or RADIUS...?

Because it works. I cant speak first hand, but Ive heard that DHCP
doesnt
alwayws work right.
>
>
> Jukka
>

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