-----Original Message-----
From: Muditha Gunatilake <muditha@seychelles.net>
To: Norris Sydnor <nsydnor@capcity.com>
Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: (PM) Routing Assistance Needed
>> I have a Class C block being routed to us from our uplink provider.
>> We
>> subnet this block for dial-up customers that we provide static IP
>> blocks to.
>>
>> Once the Class C is routed to my router I route it to my first
>> portmaster.
>> Then, on that portmaster, I create staitc routes for the subnetted
>> blocks
>> to the customers when they dial-in onto that PM3.
>>
>> The question is, how do I route them their IP addresses if they dial
>> into
>> another one of our PM3s. All of them are on a roll'over hunt that
>> looks
>> for available line. So, I have not control over which box the client
>> logs
>> into.
>>
>> For example, 205.252.18.0 is routed to Box A. However, customer logs
>> in to
>> Box C and requests 205.252.18.32 mask 255.255.255.240. This causes
>> problem
>> because his traffic is being routed to PM3 box A
>>
>> What's the way to handle this?
>>
>
> I don't know if I am gonna make much sense but I think this should
>work:
>
>Why don't you use DNS and Radius to do this...you divide you ip class
>etc according to your customers and domains you allocate to them in you
>DNS server..this way you know which IPs are allocated to which customer
>etc.....then in radius u assign the fixed IP or domain to a user name
>they login with...so no matter which portmaster they get logged into
>they get assigned a fixed IP..( I am assuming it is the customers
>router or gateway that connects to you).
>
> --
> ---------------------
> Muditha Gunatilake
> Atlas Seychelles Ltd
>
> Phone:304060
> email: muditha@seychelles.net
> mbh3gpa@afs.mcc.ac.uk
> muditha@creole.seychelles.net
> :-)
>
>
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