On January 24, 2018 8:13:00 PM CST, Tim Tassonis <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On January 25, 2018 1:45:03 AM Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Tim Tassonis wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> >>> I just setup a VDSL router with LFS, adding ppp to it and then >setting up >>> the interface in rc.firewall. Which of course is not really >optimal... >>> >>> >>> As currenty, blfs seems to have no support of ppp network devices, I >was >>> wondering wheter blfs could include >>> >>> - an instruction to build ppp >>> - a simple ppp service script >>> >>> >>> I used the standard ppp from samba org: >>> >>> >>> https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.7.tar.gz >>> >>> As bringing up a ppp interface usually requires a configfile in >>> /etc/ppp/peers/ with some details, the service maybe should leave >any >>> details away and just allow something like that: >>> >>> >>> ifconfig.ppp0: >>> >>> ONBOOT="yes" >>> IFACE="enp1s0" >>> PPP_IFACE="ppp0" >>> PEERNAME="dslprovider" >>> MANAGE_IFACE="yes" >>> >>> >>> The service script would then just call >>> >>> /usr/sbin/pppd call dslprovider >>> >>> and in case of MANAGE_IFACE="yes" >>> >>> bring up IFACE befoe, calling by >>> >>> /sbin/ip link set dev enp1s0 up >>> >>> >>> If there is any interest, I would provide a service script and >compile >>> instructions for ppp. >> >> I personally have no interest. What do you use ppp to do? AFAIK it >is >> ancient technology. > >I fully agree that it's legacy technology. Here in Switzerland, pppoe >is >still used a lot for VDSL internet connectivity, but in the long run >will >be replaces by fibre. But if nobody else cares, it's totally fine with >me. >> >> -- Bruce >> > > >-- >http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html >Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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