Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:00:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp client request for a netblk - ideas? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906151556580.11204-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <14179.42425.782408.505357@penny.south.mpcs.com>
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On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Howard Goldstein wrote: > Telco willing, I'm having SDSL installed this week. It comes with a > /28 static netblk but according to the salesdroid, with a catch and a > half: The addresses must be leased.. Once leased, they're static. dynamic-bootp, eh? Er, that doesn't smell right ... why on earth bother with DHCP then?? And just what keeps you from sucking up as many IPs as you can generate Ethernet addresses for? >>:-> > My question is how to coerce my firewall into leasing the entire /28 > on behalf of the network it's hiding (and NATting, possibly, > hopefully) and without forcing the hidden hosts to use dhcp, or to > exist even as ifconfig aliases. Why not plug the user boxen into the network *temporarily*, suck your lease, then rearrange them as needed? And call your dopey Telco back -- that story doesn't check out. Try the 'that machine doesn't support DHCP story' and see if that flies. :-) > If this were a normal routing situation I'd run gated or something to > advertise the /28 route but this funky Fujitstu SDSL modem seems to > have different ideas about routing. Fujitsu, eh? I wasn't aware they made dsl equipment. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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