Re: How does Linux Dynamically assign IP address?

Alexander Feldman (alex@revolta.com)
Tue, 09 Feb 1999 17:55:07 +0200


Hanbing Yan wrote:
> Does anyone know how Linux server automatically and dynamically assign
> IP address to users when they want to login linux server? Thank you.

In fact the Linux server does not assign dynamic IP address like the
windows NT server for example. Perhaps there is a way, but the common
practice is other - you assign IP number to each interface of the linux
box. In other words - you will give different IP address for port for
waiting incoming calls. You can give the IP number when invoking pppd -
like a command line argument or the common way is to create in /etc/ppp
options.ttyS? for each serial port and to put the following line in it
:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the "dynamic" IP for the other
peer.

Best regards:

Alexander Feldman
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