IP Addresses for SLIP and PPP Clients

IP Addresses for SLIP and PPP Clients

Each SLIP or PPP client needs an IP address and hostname for its SLIP or PPP interface. If it is also connected to one or more local area networks, it will also require an address and hostname for each of its other network interfaces. If you have had an address and hostname assigned to you by your system administrator or network service provider, you can go ahead and use this information to configure your system.

Some network service providers use dynamic addressing, where each client is given a dynamically allocated IP address when it connects. IRIX PPP has support for dynamic addressing. IRIX SLIP does not support dynamic addressing. See "Using Dynamic Address Allocation With PPP" for more information about dynamic addressing.

If you are setting up a SLIP or PPP server on your LAN, or are connecting two networks over a serial link, you should see "SLIP and PPP Routing and Address Allocation" for planning information.