On Thursday 22 May 2008 16:50:59 Josef Wolf wrote: > But wasn't ppp originally intended to connect multiple networks? In > this (IMHO _very_ common) scenario you would always have at least two > interfaces: ppp to the provider and a statically configured interface > to the local network. Further, you would probably provide DHCP/DNS > servers (e.g. via dnsmasq) for the local network. This gives the > setup I mentioned above. > > I don't see the point in having ppp as your one and only interface. > Is this scenario really _that_ common? Who would want to use such > a setup?
D-I is not responsible for such setups. It does not do such setups for systems with two "normal" NICs that are used as bridge, router or Internet gateway, and I don't see why it should do anything special for PPPoE. D-I sets the system up for use with a single NIC. Any other config ATM is up to the sysadmin after the installation has completed. And, as said before, I see no reason to do things differently for ppp-udeb than we do for netcfg. The current settings are a rather careful compromise between different needs. Changing them would require a lot of care. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
