Paul Sheer wrote:
>
> Hi there, thanks for ppp!
>
> ( I am not on the mailing list? )
>
> The man page says:
> When the demand option is used, the interface IP addresses
> have already been set at the point when IPCP comes up. If
> pppd has not been able to negotiate the same addresses
> that it used to configure the interface (for example when
> the peer is an ISP that uses dynamic IP address assign-
> ment), pppd has to change the interface IP addresses to
> the negotiated addresses. This may disrupt existing con-
> nections, and the use of demand dialling with peers that
> do dynamic IP address assignment is not recommended.
>
> What is meant by `This may disrupt existing connections'? If a TCP
> connection assumes an IP, changing the interface will most certainly break
> the connection????
>
> Is there any way around this so that I can effectively use dynamic IP with
> demand dialing?
I am no programmer, but I know for a fact that PPP is codable to do
demand-dialing with dynamic I.P. because the Shiva PPP client that comes
with Internet Explorer does demand-dialing perfectly on my dynamic I.P.
assigning ISP. Someone can surely add that tiny bit of code to the
daemon/kernel code.
> What code would need to be written to get this to work? I would like to
> write support for this - what is needed?
>
> Thanks
>
> -paul
>
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