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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Bhaskar K wrote: > Hi all, > I would like to know more about how the IP allocation is done by > Openvpn. I could not find a detailed note in the web-site. > this is required because i want to keep track the username, time and > the ip allocated to them. in the event of any problem, we can track > the username based on the IP. > i also understand openvpn can allocate same ip to the user based on CN > but it needs a file in client_config_dir. it may not be operationally > possible to provide static ip for all the users. that is the reason i > want to know how openvpn allocates ip dynamically > > PS: I am using openvpn in routing mode. The allocation is done in pool.c. The algorithm is similar to that of DHCP servers -- try to give the same client the same address (clients are recognized by their common name) across multiple connection/disconnection cycles. James ____________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users |