ip addressing question

[Alexander Motin]

charles pelletier wrote:

> I'm hoping someone here can answer this question as regards IPs etc.
> 
> I realize this is probably a Windows related issue but I was hoping 
> someone here could explain, in terms of networking, what could be 
> occuring..
> 
> When connected via PPPoE, this issue occurs:
> No matter the User/Pass, ipconfig pulls exactly the same IP address 
> along w/ a 255.255.255.255 subnet.
> The PPPoE connection is a dynamic connection so the IP pulled should 
> never be the same.
> Could this be a problem with the DHClient? The reason I ask is that a 
> connection is made but no route is able to occur.
PPPoE connection as in any other PPP uses not DHCP protocol but uses 
IPCP protocol to NEGOTIATE connection parameters. Each side of 
connection can try to give some parameters to other and each other can 
take/allow them or not.
What about same IP - you can try to look in your PPPoE log for IPCP 
negotiation process and try to find what side offers using of this IP.

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Alexander Motin