Re: (PM) Reported IP
Scott Carpenter (scarpenter@assuredaccess.com)
Mon, 03 May 1999 15:25:43 -0700
At 04:53 PM 5/3/99 -0500, Ron May wrote:
>I am using a PM3 over a frame network with the T1 card. As I understand
>it, the PM3 does not do unnumbered IP. I have assigned the frame IP
>address from a private IP space. The PM uses this address when ever
>request are made from the PM (ping. etc....) The problem as I see it is
>that when the path tries to return it encounters an unroutable address.
>Is there a way to have the portmaster make request with the ether0
>address insted of the frame address... Is the "reported address"
>function valid for this installation?
Unless things changed, the port the packet initiated by the pm leaves will
be the source ip address. AFAIK there is no way to change this.
Reported Address is used for ipcp negotiations only.
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