On 20 Jun 99, at 12:04, Michael Polak wrote:
> Eko, you can forward this to survPV list if you wish:
Done.
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> 1) DNS assignment can be done during PPP negotiation - the problem is
> on the side of PPP driver (DOSPPPD is port of Linux "pppd", which has
> - or used to have ? - the same problem).
Hmm... Now that's explains <g>. As usual you're more open about
"under-the-hood" stuff like this. Thanks, Michael :)
> If it knows DNS, it could pass it using BOOTP protocol! And yes, I would
> change Arachne to use use BOOTP instead of PPP.LOG as default
> setting, if EPPPD.EXE suppors this.
AFAIK DOSPPPD supports BOOTP in two different ways (CMIIW):
1) PPPD.EXE doesn't emulate BOOTP. It passes BOOTP requests directly
to your ISP's BOOTP server. If the BOOTP server currently broadcast
and properly configured, netinfo will be transmitted back to the apps;
otherwise BOOTP attempts will be failed.
2) EPPPD.EXE (which included in Arachne package) does emulate BOOTP.
It *captures* all BOOTP requests from the apps, and *emulate* the
reply using netinfo parameters, which:
a) gathered during PPP negotiation, and
b) specified in PPPDRC.CFG (has higher precedence).
That's why BOOTP never failed with EPPPD.EXE.
So, if you specify DNS IP in PPPDRC.CFG, then you should be able to
use the emulated BOOTP correctly. IIRC you already done this for
the external Telnet? Then why not Arachne? ;-)
> 2) There will be DHCP support in new release of Wattcp, and I hope I
> will manage to use it in Arachne (I even contributed to this new release
> of Wattcp, although only ver little ! I am becoming TCP/IP guru !!! ;-)
Great!!! Need we say more? ;-)
--Eko
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