[ale] DHCP Invocation for PPP

Fri Oct 1 14:05:16 EDT 1999

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>> Can I invoke 'dhcpcd' to retrieve my host's 
>> configuration over the ppp link to the host?

> No.  If you wanna get a dynamic IP over PPP you need  
> to use ICMP (I think that's the acronym).  It is the  
> way PPP assigns IP's.

Sorry - I wasn't explicit. I need to obtain the IP address of the DNS
dynamically: ideally when I open the 'ppp' link. 'dhcpcd' does the right
stuff, but doesn't seem to work over 'ppp0'. The example scripts in
/usr/doc/ppp-<version> don't seem to cover this, or at least I didn't
recognize it as such.

  John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
  TGA Technologies, Inc.
  100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
  Norcross, GA 30071-3633
  e-mail: jmills at tga.com
  Phone: 770-441-2100 ext.124 (voice)
         770-449-7740 (FAX)

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> Can I invoke 'dhcpcd' to retrieve my host's =
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> No. If you wanna get a dynamic IP over PPP =
you need 
 > to use ICMP (I think that's the acronym). =
It is the 
 > way PPP assigns IP's.

Sorry - I wasn't explicit. I need to obtain the IP =
address of the DNS dynamically: ideally when I open the 'ppp' link. =
'dhcpcd' does the right stuff, but doesn't seem to work over 'ppp0'. =
The example scripts in /usr/doc/ppp-<version> don't seem to cover =
this, or at least I didn't recognize it as such.

John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
 TGA Technologies, Inc.
 100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
 Norcross, GA 30071-3633
 e-mail: jmills at tga.com
 Phone: 770-441-2100 ext.124 (voice)
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770-449-7740 (FAX)

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