
11-14 Internetwork Design Guide
Dial-on-Demand Routing
The core router can assign IP addresses from a local pool maintained by the core router or from a
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) server or a Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, as shown in Figure 11-4.
Figure 11-4 IP Address Negotiation
Note The core router can be configured to assign addresses from more than one type of pool. For
example, the core router can be configured to obtain addresses from the local pool for certain dial-up
users and to obtain addresses from the TACACS+ server for other dial-up users.
IP address negotiation allows an organization to manage its address space centrally and to minimize
address utilization. With IP address negotiation, you need to provide only enough address space to
cope with worst case loading scenarios. Use of IP address negotiation also reduces configuration text
in the core router. Because of the dynamic nature of IP address assignment, the core router no longer
needs to maintain a specific dialer map statement for each remote node. IP address negotiation
creates dynamic dialer maps for each individual connection and removes them at the end of the
session.
Note It is important to ensure that addresses are negotiated via PPP IPCP. Some client software
stacks support DHCP locally. If the remote node originates the DHCP request, the core router cannot
function as a DHCP proxy, so a return path will not be available through the core router.
Local Address Assignment
The core router can be configured to maintain several pools of IP addresses, with each pool holding
up to 255 addresses. Each pool has a free queue containing available addresses and a “used” queue
containing addresses that are currently in use. On receipt of the IPCP address negotiation request,
the core router retrieves an address from the free queue. The client can request the same address that
was used for the last connection. If this address is in the free queue, it is assigned. If the requested
address is in use, another address from the free queue is assigned.
PRI or BRI
interface
Core router
DHCP server
TACACS+ server
Local “pool” of
ISDN TA
LAN2LAN for ISDN card
addresses
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ISDN
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