Rik, I am going from memory here but this is what I think... PPP doesn't actually perform the address asignment, however it does have to be used to give the dialing in station its address. DHCP needs to use PPP's IPCP negotiation to the dialing in computer in order to assign the dial in computer its IP address. If you think about it, your dialing in using PPP as your link layer protocol so it has to have some means of negotiating the IP address assignment, on a local LAN then DHCP would use UDP... Heres a link.. question and answer # 28 is what your looking for.. http://www.dhcp-handbook.com/dhcp_faq.html#cdsra HTH... Cory -----Original Message----- From: Rik Guyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cisco Groupstudy (E-mail) Subject: RE: I think I was right??? (PPP question) I think you are right. I do not know of any mechanism within PPP to actually perform the address assignment. In my experience, I have always had to use a DHCP server or assign a static pool of addresses to use, which would indicate another mechanism external to PPP at work here. Nice catch! Rik Guyler Principal Consultant Cardinal Solutions Group -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 6:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I think I was right??? (PPP question) Hey Groupies, 8) I've got a question for you. Today I was called by a headhunter. After talking about what I was looking for he asked me if he could test me on my CCNA knowledge. The questions were multiple choice. There were 10 questions and I got 8/10 right. One of the wrong ones, I know I got wrong, but the other I'm skeptical about. It was something about PPP, and the answer was that PPP assigns IP addresses itself for it's communication. I don't think this is right. I have worked on labs where we configure the encapsulation for PPP, and we assign our own IP addresses. So I don't know why the answer could be "totally" correct. I tried to go through my CCNA books, and even tried to find this in my CCDA/CCNP books but found nothing on PPP assigning it's own IP's. Can somebody let me know if I was right, and if I am wrong could you point me towards a link, or page numbers proving this info. I want to call this guy back and let him know if his test was wrong. I think it would make me look a lot better, even though he said I did great. So basically my question is: Does PPP assign it's own IP addresses? Thanks for the help group, Mark Zabludovsky ~ CCNA <A HREF="mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. ~Robert Cringely, InfoWorld~ ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
