[speedtouch] Re: PPPoE support patch
Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote: Hello all, I wanted to propose to the speedtouch developers a little improvement in the connection script, in the form of a patch. What i am proposing is extending the configuration file to include 3 more entries, namely: * CONN_MODE: the connection mode, pppoe/pppoa * VPI * VCI When the speedtouch-start script is called from hotplug system then the network interface, in case of PPPoE connections, should be brought up, to allow programs like pppoe-conf work with it as a perfectly normal ethernet interface. I wanted to use the opportunity to ask the following, is it true that when pppoa3 is called and creates the tap0 interface it outputs to stdout the created interface? If so then there's a minor alteration on my patch so that the vnet variable points to the actually created interface, to avoid problems with multiple tap interfaces. Thank you for your time, Tiago Cogumbreiro Hi Tiago, Your patch is welcome, but the list does not support attachments except plain text. I would to discuss about PPPoE support since I think there are two ways to handle it in scripts: - either the speedtouch-start creates only the ethernet interface and let other tools (like pppoeconf) to use it. I think this is the proper solution - either the speedtouch-start takes care of everything, ie creating the ethernet interface and launching pppd/pppoe on it. This is what I have implemented and this is the most straightforward way for beginners. However, this leads to some problems right now (mainly the fact that speedtouch-stop destroy everything ... without waiting for PPPoE to send its last packets...). And right, since the version 1.3, the pppoa2/pppoa3 has been modified to output the interface name on stdout. You MUST use this interface. Benoit PAPILLAULT Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[speedtouch] Re: PPPoE support patch
Selon Benoit PAPILLAULT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote: Hello all, I wanted to propose to the speedtouch developers a little improvement in the connection script, in the form of a patch. What i am proposing is extending the configuration file to include 3 more entries, namely: * CONN_MODE: the connection mode, pppoe/pppoa * VPI * VCI When the speedtouch-start script is called from hotplug system then the network interface, in case of PPPoE connections, should be brought up, to allow programs like pppoe-conf work with it as a perfectly normal ethernet interface. I wanted to use the opportunity to ask the following, is it true that when pppoa3 is called and creates the tap0 interface it outputs to stdout the created interface? If so then there's a minor alteration on my patch so that the vnet variable points to the actually created interface, to avoid problems with multiple tap interfaces. Thank you for your time, Tiago Cogumbreiro Hi Tiago, Your patch is welcome, but the list does not support attachments except plain text. I would to discuss about PPPoE support since I think there are two ways to handle it in scripts: - either the speedtouch-start creates only the ethernet interface and let other tools (like pppoeconf) to use it. I think this is the proper solution - either the speedtouch-start takes care of everything, ie creating the ethernet interface and launching pppd/pppoe on it. This is what I have implemented and this is the most straightforward way for beginners. However, this leads to some problems right now (mainly the fact that speedtouch-stop destroy everything ... without waiting for PPPoE to send its last packets...). And right, since the version 1.3, the pppoa2/pppoa3 has been modified to output the interface name on stdout. You MUST use this interface. Because now the rp-pppo.so plugin is included in ppp-2.4.2, it should be better to support the plugin when available. The plugin may support better high bandwidth usage than the usermode program. But it need atm support, br2684 module and br2684ctl. Gilles Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[speedtouch] Re: PPPoE support patch
Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote: It was plain text but was filtered :( It's paste it in the end of this email. It was text/x-patch not text/plain. Benoit Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[speedtouch] Re: PPPoE support patch
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 16:05, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote: Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote: It was plain text but was filtered :( It's paste it in the end of this email. It was text/x-patch not text/plain. True, unfortunately i can't change the mime type in evolution... What about the patch? Any comments? - Tiago Cogumbreiro Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
