[openbeosnetteam] Re: How to do PPP?

> > The basic problem I have is how do we configure the interface? How 
> > do 
> we
> > control it?
> 
> if it's an interface like today ethernet module offer, simply by 
> ifconfig.
> 
> > I don't want to simply create a set of ppp entries at startup. I'd 
> like to
> > be able to add/remove them as required. So if I ask for a pppoe 
> interface I
> > get one. But of course I need to specify a username, password and 
> possibly
> > also a service name to use, so how do we control the devices from 
> > the
> > kernel?
> 
> What about plain text file in specific place?
> I mean driver_settings.h here.
> 
> Some userland tool (GUI and/or command line) could supply user a way 
> to 
> edit it 
> in a friendly way. OBOS DUN could, for example.

Let's please keep the number of random config files to a minimum, 
please.
-Nathan

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