Re: IPCP option for SIP server

Karl, in a 3GPP2 environment where the client gets an IP address from
PDSN over PPP link, my PDSN acts like a NAS which is also a PPP
server, and I may not have a DHCP server in that case.

I have used DHCP in LAN environment with SIP option.

Thanks
Ashutosh

> It is relevant to a WAN environment.  DHCP runs over UDP, which runs  
> over IP, which runs over PPP.  DHCP is a flexible, well-defined  
> protocol that is easy to implement.  No protocol changes are needed.
> 
> Karl
> 
> On Nov 21, 2005, at 11:46 PM, Ashutosh Dutta wrote:
> > Karl, thanks for your email.
> >
> > RFC 3361, and RFC 3319 talk about DHCP option for V4/V6
> > respectively. I was more curious about PPP that is more relevant for
> > Wan environment.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ashutosh
> >
> >
> >> How about RFC 3361 (for IPv4; RFC 3319 for v6)?
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>
> >> On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:58 PM, Ashutosh Dutta wrote:
> >>> I was trying to find the status of the draft
> >>> "draft-song-pppext-sip-support.txt", and came across the following
> >>> announcement,
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ietf.org/IESG/Announcements/rfcno-draft-song-pppext-sip-
> >>> support.txt.
> >>>
> >>> which says there  are already ways to take care of  this and thus  
> >>> this
> >>> never became  an informational RFC. I  could not find it  in the  
> >>> email
> >>> archive.  Can somebody please  point me  to the  right draft   
> >>> where it
> >>> explains as to how to take care of assigning SIP server over PPP  
> >>> link?
> >>>
> >>> It is very important to determine the IP address of the outbound SIP
> >>> proxy using PPP option.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Ashutosh Dutta
> >>> Telcordia Applied Research
> >
> > Ashutosh
> 

Ashutosh 

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