SUMMARY: PPP dynamic host allocation config?

From: Kerry Boomsliter (kerry@dnt.dialog.com)
Date: Thu Nov 02 1995 - 15:29:03 CST


Sorry this took so long but other projects took precedence...

The answer is that Solaris 2.4's PPP (aspppd) does not handle dynamic
ipaddr allocation (negotiated). My Sun service provider was able to
get a copy of Solaris 2.5-beta's aspppd and man page, and this has
proven to work great with our Portmaster doing negotiated ipaddrs.

The entire sequence for setting up a remote workstation for PPP goes
like this:

Install Solaris 2.4, including these five pkgs:
        SUNWappr
        SUNWappu
        SUNWbnur
        SUNWbnuu
        SUNWpppk

Create /etc/asppp.cf file (see the man page for aspppd).
Setup UUCP to dial up PPP connection whenever interface gets hit (ipd*).
Create networked dial-in account on Portmaster or Radius s/w.
        If you can get Solaris 2.5-beta aspppd from Sun, cool.
        If not, make sure account on PM includes a fixed ipaddr.
Try it out!

I started with an /etc/hosts with the PM info and tried pinging it.
Set the debug level high in your /etc/asppp.cf file to see lots of
stuff in /var/adm/log/asppp.log. As noted by another poster don't
modify or move this file while aspppd is running; this hangs aspppd.
Once you've got a good connection you can run DNS...DON'T USE NIS
as this will really waste your bandwidth.

I still don't know if I can give out the Solaris-2.5-beta aspppd
but have asked.

Cheers,
Kerry

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Hello,

I am trying to configure a remote host (Solaris 2.4) for PPP connection
to a Livingston Portmaster set to dynamically allocate hostname/IPaddrs.

Anyone know what my asppp.cf file should look like?

TIA,
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Kerry P. Boomsliter, Unix Systems Administrator Knight-Ridder Information, Inc. 2440 El Camino Real Mountain View CA 94040 415-254-8410



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