Pool Section

Mobile nodes can be assigned dynamic addresses by the home agent. Dynamic address assignment is done within the mipagent daemon independently of DHCP. You can create an address pool that can be used by mobile nodes by requesting a home address. Address pools are configured through the Pool section in the configuration file.

The Pool section contains the BaseAddress and Size labels. The Pool section has the following syntax:

[Pool pool-identifier]
     BaseAddress = IP-address
     Size = size

If you use a Pool identifier, then it must also exist in the mobile node's Address section.

You use the Pool section to define address pools that can be assigned to the mobile nodes. You use the BaseAddress label to set the first IP address in the pool. You use the Size label to specify the number of addresses available in the pool.

For example, if IP addresses 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.100 are reserved in pool 10, the Pool section has the following entry:

[Pool 10]
     BaseAddress = 192.168.1.1
     Size = 100

Address ranges should not encompass the broadcast address. For example, you should not assign BaseAddress = 192.168.1.200 and Size = 60, because this range encompasses the broadcast address 192.168.1.255.

The following table describes the labels and values that are used in the Pool section.