Re: How does Linux Dynamically assign IP address?

Hanbing Yan (hbyan@sprint.ca)
Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:34:01 -0500

What I want to do is to use Linux as a Web server like ISP. So I have to
assign the IP address dynamically to users when they are logging in. Users
can login through network or phone line, so how can I do and what kind of
software can provide that function?

Regards,

Hanbing Yan

Alexander Feldman wrote:

> 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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