[pptp-server] ipx-node option in ppp

tmk tmk at netmagic.net
Thu Jul 15 02:35:03 CDT 1999


Try making a /etc/ppp/options.<tty> where tty are the tty's your system
chooses. You coul also try letting pppd choose ipx addrs by itself :)

in order to route IPX, you need the ipx routing package.. i've never used
it tho.

Kevin

> This is more of a pppd than a PoPToP thing.  My Linux box sits on a
> cable modem (eth1) with the LAN on eth0.  All networking options are
> built-in to the kernel (i.e. not modules). 
> 
> The only way I've been able to get an ipx-node value passed to a client
> is by putting it in /etc/ppp/options.  The problem is when a client
> takes on that node value, no other clients can also have that same
> value.  I've messed with trying to pass it in /etc/ppp/options.ppp? and
> /etc/ppp/options.eth? to no avail.  I've also tried putting multiple
> ipx-node lines in /etc/ppp/options but only the last one is parsed. 
> 
> Any ideas how to pass on unique ipx-node numbers to the clients? 
> 





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