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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:52:19 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To:        Gary Corcoran <garycor@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DHCP server over PPPoE server
Message-ID:  <20040715085219.GA17358@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <40F5C880.3090206@comcast.net>
References:  <40F5C880.3090206@comcast.net>

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On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 07:57:52PM -0400, Gary Corcoran wrote:
G> I shutdown my regular DHCP server over the em0 ethernet interface,
G> and tried starting up dhcpd to use the ng0 interface that gets
G> created by mpd.  It complains a little about em0 and ng0 using
G> the same subnet, but starts up and sits there, in debug mode
G> (so I can see all messages on the console).

DHCP protocol is designed for broadcast networks, not for PPP. It
will not work on ppp interface. If you want your server to assing
address to its clients, you should use LCP. To configure the latter
read mpd docs.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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