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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: PPP
Date: 11 Aug 94 06:15:12 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <Cu2sMz.12M@sneaky.lonestar.org> gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org (Gordon Burditt) writes:
>Is there a way to get fully automatic PPP? I may be asking for the moon
>here, but I'd like to be able to set up PPP so that the connection
>is established and disconnected as needed.
[Laundry list of requirements deleted]
Yes, there is a way you can get all this... you can write it. Let us
all know how it goes.
>In what areas does the existing PPP implementation (pick your favorite
>platform: FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux) fall short of what I want, and
>is it possible (with lots of work, probably) to add it? Without
>kernel mods other than the usual reconfiguration?
NetBSD-1.0 (and I assume FreeBSD is similar; I can't comment on Linux)
provides all you need for the groundwork of your project: a fully
functional and well debugged PPP implementation. Your task is to add
all the stuff to make the on-demand things work.
I don't see any reason why you'd have to dig in the kernel to make
this work.
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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