depending on which kind of access-server your provider uses, at least with cisco as5xxx and livingston pm[3,4] they can easyily configure them to all pretend the same ip-address on their end. if they dont, some configurations (eg dialer-maps on ciscos) will have serious troubles connecting, so they should reconfigure their equipment nonetheless.
the only problem I see for you is that you might not be able to ping the remote side of your connection, so you could have problems tracking connection problems. hth, &rw On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 05:25:39 +0800, da Bobstopper writes: >however, i've always (naively it seems now) assumed the remote end to have >the same ip address each time i dial in. since pppd seems to require me to >give it a remote ip address, i've been giving it one of the ip addresses i've >observed it to connect to before. > >recently, after having several ppp problems, i did some testing and studying >of ppp.log and got worried when i noticed the remote ip address changes each >time. however, i've used dial on demand in this manner for a long time now and -- -- +++ EUnet/[EMAIL PROTECTED], 15.-17.2.'2k, Ebene02/Stand08 +++ ----- ___ - Robert Waldner EUnet/AT tech staff ---- / / / ___ ____ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW960-RIPE --- /--- / / / / /___/ / --- ---EUnet EDV-DienstleistungsgesmbH--- -- /___ /___/ / / /___ /_ ---- Diefenbachgasse 35 A-1150 Wien - ----- Tel: +43 1 89933 Fax: +43 1 89933 533
