Alexander Motin wrote: > As I see situation now: > ppp - good user-level implementation. Not very fast, but stable, > flexible and able to be used with other programs like pppoed.
possibly there could be a program that can run and then pass the connection to mpd. ppp Uses this technique to run in this way. ppp processes can pass their open file descriptors to a central ppp that is running in order to allow it to implement multilink. >> Brian talked a bit about this at the last DevSummit.. It just needs >> someone >> with the time and knowledge. Possibly Brian could work with Alex to >> make sure that >> all the functionality of ppp is in mpd. He did say that teh command >> language would need >> looking at to ensure that people would have a chance to convert their >> scripts.. > > Mpd uses command language different from all others, but I think it is > not a big problem. If we would compare supported PPP extensions then I > think mpd will now win in most nominations. > > The main problem I think is a general usage differences. Mpd was planned > and implemented as daemon. It have very limited foreground operation and > integration abilities. pppd as example is able to be called from getty > and terminate after link disconnect, while mpd does not. sppp is somehow > used by i4b project, but I know nothing about it. > > If somebody could help me to make list of reasonable requirements and/or > wanted usage examples then I surely will try to implement missing parts. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mpd-users mailing list Mpd-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpd-users
