[En-Nut-Discussion] PPP deamon / routing

[Ole Reinhardt]

Hi Harald,

> PPP server functionality is definitely one of the most
> wanted major enhancements. As far as I know, no code
> exists and the task isn't trivial.

Yes, that's what just hold me back working on it :-) I never have done
anything with ppp beside connecting my pc to the internet... In other
words: I don't know anything about the ppp protocol at all.

We now got a request of one of our customers. So I'll possibly have to
work on it in future.

>   1. Configure dial-in accounts
>   2. Listening to incoming calls

It does not sound too hard to implement? Do we need to implement a modem
emulation? (at commands?)

Does there exists any protocol description?

>   3. Mixing dial-in and dial-out

I think we don't need this at the moment, do we?

What's about routing? Is NutOS able to route between different network
devices? I think using ppp and ethernet at the same time will come along
with better ip configuration as we discussed some days ago?

If I'll need to do the development I'll shure be willing to contribute
this code into NutOS. So is anybody else out there who has PPP knowledge
and is willing to bring me on the right path if needed?

Regards,

Ole

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