RFC 2290 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1998 SUN · 14 JUN 2026

Mobile-IPv4 Configuration Option for PPP IPCP

By J. Solomon, S. Glass · Published February 1998 · DOI 10.17487/RFC2290

Overview

RFC 2290, “Mobile-IPv4 Configuration Option for PPP IPCP”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 1998 by J. Solomon, S. Glass. It updates RFC 2002. It has since been updated by RFC 2794. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Mobile IP [RFC 2002] defines media-independent procedures by which a Mobile Node can maintain existing transport and application-layer connections despite changing its point-of-attachment to the Internet and without changing its IP address. PPP [RFC 1661] provides a standard method for transporting multi-protocol packets over point-to-point links. As currently specified, Mobile IP Foreign Agents which support Mobile Node connections via PPP can do so only by first assigning unique addresses to those Mobile Nodes, defeating one of the primary advantages of Foreign Agents. This documents corrects this problem by defining the Mobile-IPv4 Configuration Option to the Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) [RFC 1332]. Using this option, two peers can communicate their support for Mobile IP during the IPCP phase of PPP. Familiarity with Mobile IP [RFC 2002], IPCP [RFC 1332], and PPP [RFC 1661] is assumed. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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This RFC updates: RFC 2002
Updated by: RFC 2794

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