On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Hanbing Yan wrote:
> What I want to do is to use Linux as a Web server like ISP. So I have to
> assign the IP address dynamically to users when they are logging in. Users
> can login through network or phone line, so how can I do and what kind of
> software can provide that function?
>
I think DHCP can handle this.
>From the Shadow,
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> Regards,
>
> Hanbing Yan
>
> Alexander Feldman wrote:
>
> > Hanbing Yan wrote:
> > > Does anyone know how Linux server automatically and dynamically assign
> > > IP address to users when they want to login linux server? Thank you.
> >
> > In fact the Linux server does not assign dynamic IP address like the
> > windows NT server for example. Perhaps there is a way, but the common
> > practice is other - you assign IP number to each interface of the linux
> > box. In other words - you will give different IP address for port for
> > waiting incoming calls. You can give the IP number when invoking pppd -
> > like a command line argument or the common way is to create in /etc/ppp
> > options.ttyS? for each serial port and to put the following line in it
> > :aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the "dynamic" IP for the other
> > peer.
> >
> > Best regards:
> >
> > Alexander Feldman
>
>
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