Can PPTP client request the DHCPINFO via the PPP interface(s)?

[Matt Cowger]

Most PPP servers do not, in fact, backend to DHCP in order to give out
addresses - they use their own protocol called IPCP to provide the
needed info to clients.

Are you 100% sure your PPP server is backending to DHCP - as such
functionality is not particularly common, and the indication that you
say nothing in DHCPd.log is further evidence of that.

--Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
Behalf Of Tian Tian
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:28 AM
To: dhcp-users at isc.org
Cc: tiantianml at yahoo.com
Subject: Can PPTP client request the DHCPINFO via the PPP interface(s)?

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I have the ISC-DHCPd and PPTPd running on my Linux
machine. After the PPTP client (Windows PC)
successfully connect to it, I found the
"connection-specific DNS Suffix:" information is not
filled in if I type "ipconfig" on PC's CMD prompt.

===============================================
PPP adapter test:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN
(PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
20.20.20.12
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
20.20.20.12
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