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PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol Extensions for Name Server Addresses

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Network Working Group                                            S. Cobb
Request for Comments: 1877                                     Microsoft
Category: Informational                                    December 1995


         PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol Extensions for
                         Name Server Addresses

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

   The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for
   transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.  PPP
   defines an extensible Link Control Protocol and a family of Network
   Control Protocols (NCPs) for establishing and configuring different
   network-layer protocols.

   This document extends the NCP for establishing and configuring the
   Internet Protocol over PPP [2], defining the negotiation of primary
   and secondary Domain Name System (DNS) [3] and NetBIOS Name Server
   (NBNS) [4] addresses.

Table of Contents

     1.     Additional IPCP Configuration options .................    1
        1.1         Primary DNS Server Address ....................    2
        1.2         Primary NBNS Server Address ...................    3
        1.3         Secondary DNS Server Address ..................    4
        1.4         Secondary NBNS Server Address .................    5
     REFRENCES ....................................................    6
     SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS ......................................    6
     CHAIR'S ADDRESS ..............................................    6
     AUTHOR'S ADDRESS .............................................    6

1.  Additional IPCP Configuration Options

   The four name server address configuration options, 129 to 132,
   provide a method of obtaining the addresses of Domain Name System
   (DNS) servers and (NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS) nodes on the remote
   network.






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