Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:24:09 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> Cc: ome ome <olivmet@yahoo.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MPD Server ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203071021270.41354-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200203071335.g27DZAH6073810@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Brian Somers wrote: > > mpd does not know how to be a pppoe server. > > HOWEVER the pppoed program is designed to turn the normal ppp > > into a server. It is possible that archie might be able to > > make mpd use pppoed (or embed it) but I'm pretty sure he hasn't done > > it yet. > > pppoed can be told to run mpd. As long as mpd can handle treating > descriptor 0 as it's link, it'll work. > > > MPD Is a multilink server, yes. > > When a second link is established from a client, it'll invoke a new > mpd instance. Is mpd smart enough to detect this and pass the link > from one invocation to the other ? > > This was one of the trickiest parts of making ppp(8) a multilink > server. I remember Archie and I discussing this with you way back when you were trying to work out how to do it, and I know that Archie halped with suggestions, but as far as I know there is no code i mpd to do that as it wasn't needed for what mpd was designed to do. of course I believe that ppp can now do everything that the writer asks for.. :-) > > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, ome ome wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I would like to test a multi-link over 2 different > > > types of device with MPD 3.7 (PPPoE and PPP over a > > > serial link) between two stations on freeBSD 3.5. > > > > > > MPD works fine as client, so I would like to know if > > > MPD 3.7 could be a server PPPoE? Moreover, could MPD > > > be > > > a multi-link server? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Brian <brian@freebsd-services.com> <brian@Awfulhak.org> > http://www.freebsd-services.com/ <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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