You're right..Maybe it doesn't really fit Arch philosophy but don't forget that Arch includes network-profiles by default and it automatically configures wireless settings according to what you wrote in the profile file.
If Arch supports profiles with wireless settings, than I think it should also support ppp interfaces as well.. Роман Кирилич wrote: >>> What about /etc/net <http://etcnet.org/> ? >>> Has anyone ever played with this stuff? >> I just looked at the homepage, this really looks interesting. If it can >> easily be integrated into >> Arch, it might be a great improvement. > IMHO etcnet is too complicated and not fits well into Arch philosophy. > It also seems to require iproute2. But I think Arch can take some > ideas from etcnet to improve network profiles features. Anyway network > profiles and/or etcnet[-like] config systems should stay _optional_ > feature, as IMHO many users are satisfied with simple network config > in rc.conf. Setting simple network config using more complicated > system (like etcnet) is a bit overkill (IMHO). > Don't forget that etcnet was originally designed for use with ALT > Linux which uses System V style initscripts, while Arch uses BSD > style. > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > -- Alper KANAT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://raptiye.org _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
