akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:40:27 -0600 >> From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> >> To: BLFS Development List <blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> >> 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.
Why does it miss the point? If you want to have a computer, you buy a system with a cpu, ram, etc. If you want to have an internet connection, you buy what is needed, whether is is an acoustic modem, dsl router, or whatever. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
