Hi Dan, > > > what do you guys think about moving the ppp-manager part from > > > NetworkManager into ModemManager? > > > > > > What is the actual reason why ModemManager doesn't handle the > > > PPP part > > > of a data connection? > > > > > > Because NetworkManager also happens to support pppoe and friends > > > > and with the same argument the support for DSL modems etc. could also be > > moved into ModemManager. > > > > My problem is that if ModemManager as a standalone can not deal with the > > PPP portion of a dialup connection, then it is nothing more than an AT > > command parser with D-Bus interface. I am failing to see the point why > > this code was ever moved outside NetworkManager to begin with then. > > Not all modems are PPP. The IP layer handling isn't the responsibility > of the modem manager, it's the responsibility of the connection manager, > since the conneciton manager applies the IP-layer policies and such. > > There are a number of different IP configuration methods that modems use > these days: PPP, static IP, and DHCP. It makes no sense to put PPP > into ModemManager without putting the other two in as well. But putting > the other two into MM is clearly expanding the scope of MM way beyond > what it should be.
I am fine with ModemManager not doing IP configuration, but PPP is mostly a transport layer. The IP configuration aspects are only on top of it. So I would expect ModemManager to do the PPP handling and then tell the application the IP details (routing, nameserver etc.) to actually set these details. Regards Marcel _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
