HP-UX Mobile IPv4 A.03.01 Administrator's Guide
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Chapter 6
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Configuring a Foreign Agent
The recommended steps for configuring a Foreign Agent are listed below. Refer to
Appendix A, “Configuration Examples,” on page 201 for example configuration sessions
and files.
Step 1. Start mipconfig to create a configuration file for mipd, the HP-UX Mobile IPv4 daemon
for Home Agents and Foreign Agents.
Step 2. If you have AAA Mobile Node clients, configure AAA information using the mipconfig
configure global command.
Step 3. Configure Foreign Agent services on one or more interfaces using the mipconfig
configure interface command.
Step 4. (Optional) Configure additional or alternative Care-of Addresses (COAs) to advertise to
Mobile Nodes using the mipconfig configure coa command. By default, mipconfig will
configure the IP address of the interfaces you configure for Foreign Agent services as
Care-of Addresses. If the system is multi-homed (has multiple IP addresses), you may
want to explicitly configure the IP address of the fastest interface as the Care-of Address
for all Foreign Agent interfaces.
Step 5. (Optional) Configure router addresses to send in Agent Advertisements using the
mipconfig configure router command.
Step 6. Write the configuration data to a file using the mipconfig write command. Exit
mipconfig
After you create the configuration file, start the mipd daemon, as described in “Starting
the Home and Foreign Agent Daemon (mipd)” on page 67. Verify that mipd is running, as
described in “Verifying the Home and Foreign Agent Daemon (mipd)” on page 68.