Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 13:35:10 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: ome ome <olivmet@yahoo.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: MPD Server ? Message-ID: <200203071335.g27DZAH6073810@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> of "Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:23:20 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202201021340.63302-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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> mpd does not know how to be a pppoe server. > HOWEVER the pppoed program is designed to turn the normal ppp > into a server. It is possible that archie might be able to > make mpd use pppoed (or embed it) but I'm pretty sure he hasn't done > it yet. pppoed can be told to run mpd. As long as mpd can handle treating descriptor 0 as it's link, it'll work. > MPD Is a multilink server, yes. When a second link is established from a client, it'll invoke a new mpd instance. Is mpd smart enough to detect this and pass the link from one invocation to the other ? This was one of the trickiest parts of making ppp(8) a multilink server. > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, ome ome wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I would like to test a multi-link over 2 different > > types of device with MPD 3.7 (PPPoE and PPP over a > > serial link) between two stations on freeBSD 3.5. > > > > MPD works fine as client, so I would like to know if > > MPD 3.7 could be a server PPPoE? Moreover, could MPD > > be > > a multi-link server? > > > > Thanks in advance. -- Brian <brian@freebsd-services.com> <brian@Awfulhak.org> http://www.freebsd-services.com/ <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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