From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 30 0:18:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387C2155C7 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:18:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) id IAA51163; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:18:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:18:16 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Josh Tiefenbach Cc: David Gilbert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPoE offer. Message-ID: <19990930081816.K86792@florence.pavilion.net> References: <14322.15597.505566.676863@trooper.velocet.ca> <19990929211210.H86792@florence.pavilion.net> <19990929200309.A96281@zipperup.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19990929200309.A96281@zipperup.org> X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 08:03:09PM -0400, Josh Tiefenbach wrote: > > Dave, > > > > As far as I'm aware it _does_ work - in the form of user-ppp (/usr/sbin/ppp), > > maintained by Brian. Why do you need to use kernel ppp - it's a mess :) > > Really? I was under the impression that it doesnt. I'll have to go check the > -current code, but last I heard from Brian was that adding PPPoE to user-ppp > was problematic from a design standpoint, and that he'd have to contemplate it > a bit. I havent seen anything in the commit messages since to indicate that > he's added it. > > If he has, that'll mean my weekend project of adding client support will have > been obviated :) > > josh Maybe I've got it wrong then, but he can definitely use user-ppp to make ppp over IP tunnels - is PPPoE mac address to mac address connectivity? Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message