Re: (PM) Setting a "static" IP address to each modem?

Miquel van Smoorenburg (list-portmaster-users@news.cistron.nl)
29 Jan 1998 17:25:44 +0100

In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980130001214.24759A-100000@apollo.hjc.edu.sg>,
Chen Shiyuan <csy@hjc.edu.sg> wrote:
>> Well, if you rely on ARP for routing, you don't need to set the pool size
>> at all. If you use OSPF, yes, still set the "assigned" and "pool-size".
>> That will cause the whole pool to get announced over OSPF, and you
>> probably want that.
>
>Errmm... what do you mean? I'm currently using the PM3 as "default", no
>special changes made to it other than setting in the IPs and passwords.

Ah. So you're not using a routing protocol. This means you're relying on ARP.

>How about proxyarp? Should I enable it? If so, should it be dowe on the
>PM3 or the RADIUS?

With ARP I mean Proxyarp, and that's automatically enabled. In that case,
no need to set the assigned address or pool-size if you are not going
to use the portmasters pool anyway.

Mike.

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