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From: jmurray@vt.edu (Person Man)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SLIP with variable IP address
Date: 17 Feb 1996 15:52:28 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech
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References: <4g4nfm$k8q@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
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In article <4g4nfm$k8q@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, G. Ioannou <gi101@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>Is it possible to set up a FreeBSD 2.1 machine as a SLIP client that
>uses a different IP address each time it dials the provider? The
>allocated IP address is reported by the remote host in plain english
>just before the SLIP service begins. TIA.
>
>-G.
check out the bsddip-1.02 package/port. this program can uses scripts to
dial and connect using SLIP, and then configure the interface. It has a
command in it's scripting language to read an IP address from the remote
host and use it. It comes with some samples that should have some examples
of this.
hope this helps
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