On Nov 27, 2007 10:34 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 22:10 +0530, vikram b wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like use svn trunk's code to setup ppp connection , lets > > say for dial up (gprs etc). > > Tambet is going to land GSM/UMTS code later this week actually, he might > reply to this anyway with more details. >
Thanks ! Would wait for his resp. Just a quick question . Are we going to have CAPI plugins for pppd in near future ? which is req. for the isdn dialup etc. > > Could anybody give me where to start . i mean i couldn't see things > > in libnm etc. > > > > nm_ppp_manager_start() is a func i could see . > > > > Are we planning to support dbus methods to start/manage pppd > > connections ? > > > > (like in nm-vpn-manager.xml: <method name="Connect"> ) > > > > any plans for same methods for ppp ? or what is the alternate way to > > do ppp connection now ? > > Well, it's going to be based around Connections, as the rest of NM is. > So for mobile broadband stuff, you'd have a connection with a UMTS > setting that says (optionally) what card the connection is tied to, what > the APN is, then a PPP setting that specifies things like the user and > password, and the number to dial, and possibly what custom AT commands > the card might need. If you look at: > > http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfiguration > > You can get a better idea of the structure of connections and settings > as implemented in NM. There's some work to get PPP better supported, > it's basically been waiting on the UMTS stuff since that's the most > interesting use-case at the moment, though the PPP manager will > hopefully support mobile broadband, Bluetooth DUN, PPPoE PPPoATM, ISDN, > plain old dialup, and PPtP VPNs in the end. > > > Dan > > >
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