[openbeosnetteam] Re: PPP up/opened

Waldemar Kornewald wrote:
> My problem was that PPP can be in the started phase while the interface
> is still down. This has no use. Why doesn't an up request start the
> interface so that they can be combined into the same request?

I'm not sure.
Maybe for AutoDial support, the PPP protocol is started, but will 
up the interface behind him only on first packet sent thru him.
Or because behind PPP protocol, it's not always directly a interface, it can be 
a sub-protocol, like PPPoE or PPPoA, which both encapsulate PPP frames before 
give them to ethernet or ATM interface, respectivly.

PPP support is more like a sub-network-stack than just a protocol.

> Why did they split that system into down&initial and down&started? 

Can I ask who are "they" here?

> Maybe I will find out when I read everything two or three times?

Reading TCP/IP Illustrated, I guess?

-Philippe

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