On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hello, > > I have added the configuration instructions for dialup, GPRS and PPPoE > connections that use only programs that come with the PPP package. Thus, the > following packages can be safely removed now, because they don't add > functionality: > > * wvstreams (used only by wvdial, which is to be removed) > * wvdial (use instructions from the PPP page instead, as there are no ISPs > that require the complicated guesswork performed by wvdial) > * rp-pppoe (use instructions from the PPP page instead) > > I will do that when I receive reports that the new instructions from the PPP > page work. > > Thus, after the removals, we will be left with the following structure of the > "Connecting to a Network" section: > > * Connecting to a network > * Dial-up networking > * PPP-2.4.4 > * DHCP clients > * DHCP-3.0.5 Client > * dhcpcd-3.0.19 > > This is ugly, because the "Dial-up networking" section contains only one > package. Moreover, this section is now misnamed, as PPPoE (broadband) > connections are also handled there. > > How to improve the structure of this section? > > -- > Alexander E. Patrakov > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
The new ppp dial-up works for me. My ISP just recently changed the setup and poor old wvdial just couldn't handle it any more. -- Steve Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
