> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:40:27 -0600 > From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> > To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] ppp/pppoe [was: create-service-dir in > blfs-boo(t)scripts] > > Thomas Trepl wrote: > > Am Freitag, 31. Januar 2014, 10:11:35 schrieb Bruce Dubbs: > >> Thomas Trepl wrote: > >> ... > >>> So my question is > >>> a) are there (really not enough) people out there who are using ppp to > >>> connect to internet so it would make sense to think about a reanimation > >>> of ppp at all? > >> I doubt it. The page was archived in October 2012 and this is the first > >> comment about that. > > Yes, I never understood why this has happened... > >
Thomas: Well, sometimes folks look at decisions made in b/lfs, and decide that discretion ..., etc: and just continue with - and carry forward - their own builds/scripts/notes, rather than tilt at windmills or try to push water uphill. > >> > >>> b) could a reduction of ppp to pppoe only (moving the remainder to the > >>> wiki) motivate some editors/users to bring the page uptodate? It seems so > >>> that this is a more or less one-time job as there is no further > >>> development at the ppp package (2.4.5 is of 2009). The work is more in > >>> the service scripts. > >> I'd recommend a hint if you really want to pursue it. ppp is really old > >> technology. So is ifconfig, and you seem to want to make some effort to retain that. > > Seems so, last update in 2009, but which other technologie is than to use > > for > > DSL connections? > > Probably something like this: > > http://cmcnet.en.made-in-china.com/product/GoUJMYWFfyVd/China-Thomson-Speedtouch-ST585-V6-54mpbs-4-Port-Wireless-ADSL2-Modem.html > > Most people who have a computer should be able to afford $18 US. > I think that that _totally_ misses the point. Much DSL provision uses pppoe/pppoa. If you don't want to use a black-box router, then you'll likely want/need to use pppoe/pppoe atop ppp, directly. rgds, akhiezer > -- Bruce > -- > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
