NAT and PPTP

[Sten Daniel Sørsdal]

> 
> Julian Elischer wrote:
> > > > > >However I do suggest that you discuss the 
> possibility of enhancing mpd 
> > > > > >with archie to allow allocation of addresses from a pool.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I seem to recall (I could be mistaken here) that 
> Archie has been working
> > > > > with a company that does Wi-Fi access points with 
> PPTP. If these use
> > > > > mpd, they must have a workaround for the limitation. 
> So, the code may
> > > > > already exist.
> > > >
> > > > IIRC, Archive said that this was a complete (both "from scratch"
> > > > and proprietary) implementation of an MPD-like system.
> > > 
> > > That's correct.. the code is not released. I'll ask about it again
> > > (but don't keep your hopes up).
> > 
> > if that fails, how much would it take to allow mpd to use a pool of
> > addresses?
> 
> It wouldn't be "too hard" but would require some major surgery
> to mpd... but it could use some :-)
> 
> -Archie
> 

A potential feature that could be really cool would be adding
dhcpclient/relaying code so that the IP addresses could be 
queried from a dhcp server. I've seen several commercial
implementations of this - but me != good coder :o)

- Sten