From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 19 12:54:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA17395 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:54:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from cozumel.saidev.com (cozumel.saidev.com [207.67.52.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA17376 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:54:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from derek@cozumel.saidev.com) Received: (from derek@localhost) by cozumel.saidev.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) id OAA08097; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:53:34 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19971219145334.52794@saidev.com> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:53:34 -0600 From: Derek Inksetter To: Julian Elischer Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp multi-device? References: <19971219080913.17939@saidev.com> <349AD486.41C67EA6@whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <349AD486.41C67EA6@whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Fri, Dec 19, 1997 at 12:09:42PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Julian Elischer allegedly wrote: > Derek Inksetter wrote: > > > > How much interest is there in making user-mode ppp handle multiple devices > > for dial-out? My company uses ppp with "ip aliasing" and some > > modifications to deal with multiple modems. basically our ppp.conf has a > > line that looks like this: > > > > set device /dev/cuaa0,/dev/cuaa1,... > > > > see mpd > (in ports) mpd, as I understand it, is a true multilink PPP package, no? What I have is much simpler...if a device is busy it just spins around to the next one. It still uses a single device at a time, it just gets to choose from a list. -- Derek Inksetter "The sooner you get behind, the more time you'll have to catch up" --Unknown