[pptp-server] PoPToP localip/remoteip DHCP Question
robert
berzerke at swbell.net
Sun Mar 11 22:09:39 CST 2001
On Sunday 11 March 2001 15:04, Christopher Tresco wrote:
> ppp (pptp) requires 2 ips. One one the server (one point) and one on your
> client (another point).
>
> When pptp starts pppd on the server after connceting, pppd gives your
> server another ip bound to ppp0 (remoteip) and an ip to the client
> (localip). This is the point-to-point communtication 'wire'.
>
> Basically, I made my DHCP server exclude a range of 6 ips from its pool
> that I can use for pptp. I used 3 of those for remote and 3 for
> local.....configured in pptpd.conf
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Actually, you only need one localip number.
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