Re: IPCP option for SIP server

> Ashutosh Dutta writes:
> > I was refering to the case where the PPP server is configured to give
> > away the addresses and may not have any DHCP server configured in the
> > network to rely upon, in that case only way to provide SIP server, DNS
> > server etc. to the mobile obtaining the IP address may need a
> > mechanism where these parameters get stored locally in a NAS server
> > and are given out as part of IP address dispensing.

> 
> Note that DHCP itself needn't necessarily be involved in the IP
> address allocation strategy at all.  It's possible to use DHCP to
> distribute configuration details without doing stateful address
> allocation.  See the DHCPINFORM messages (cited earlier) for details.

James agreed, PPP server itself can keep the IP address pool and
dispense it and DHCPINFORM can probably get other server details using
DHCPINFORM. Only requirement is then to have a DHCP server in the
backend and have a DHCPclient of some sort in the NAS server.

Thanks
Ashutosh


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