[openbeos] Re: ppp_server backround app or registrar add-on?
- From: "Simon Taylor" <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:40:30 GMT
> "Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > As Ingo pointed out, the registrar is not the preferred host.
> > > If the net server cannot start a PPP app itself on demand, I
> > > think
> > > it's
> > > reasonable to have a separate server running in the background -
> > > but of
> > > course, only if DUN on demand has been chosen.
> > > We could also just have something like inetd which is able to do
> > > that
> > > (amonst the usual other stuff).
> > The server would always run in the background because it also adds
> > a Deskbar replicant when a connection is established (like in
> > Windows).
> > So, I will add a permanent background app.
>
> If the deskbar replicant is only there when the connection is there,
> too, there would be no need for an additional permanent background
> app.
> IOW the cause contradicts the consequence.
The deskbar replicant is there all the time - it provides an easy right
-click menu to dial up the connection.
> Bye,
> Axel.
Simon
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