Harold Jarvie wrote:
>
>
> The modem DSL/ATM interface is at the end of aphysical point to point link
> to a card in the DSLAM. That Card in the DSLAM must have a unque static
> address for each port otherwise?. If it does I guess that would be the mac
> address.
If you look at the IP interfaces page the PPP connection does
*NOT* have a
physical address

> What explanation? Have I missed an explanation? Are you talking about the
> meeting?
Good question
> >
> > > Address assignment seems to me to be likely to be via PPP as that is
> > > part of what PPP can do I thought.
> >
> > My understanding as well.
> Hmmm I had a statis IP years ago on a dialup that used PPP - no mac
> addresses on dialup. It was a while ago I guess PPP must have broke
> since then.

My point exactly ;-)
 
-- kit

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Received on Tue Jun 1 11:00:24 1999