Re: [gentoo-soc] Progress of NetworkManager Plug-in 2010.05.20

[Nikoli <Nikoli@lavabit.com>]

В сообщении от 26 июня 2010 17:25:09 автор Mu Qiao написал:
> Well, you're right. I've go through the links you listed and I agree
> that pptp could be implemented. But as far as I know, NM supports vpnc,
> openvpn and pptp by an unified way. I think it would be confusing to
> users if we only supported one of them. Think about it, it's a little
> mess(different configuration files, don't know which one is supported,
> etc.). Meanwhile, currently it is very easy to make a VPN connection. I
> don't see a strong need to support it by our plug-in especially when it
> may involve the mess.
> 
> So in my opinion, If we could support vpnc, openvpn and pptp, it's worth
> implementing. Certainly, if you have better idea, please tell me :-).

Ideally plugin should work so:
1) install gentoo
2) install NM+plugin
3) configure networks
4) after rebooting all network connections work fine even if NM failed to start 
or is completely removed.

Gentoo supports vpnc and openvpn with /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/init.d/vpnc ( 
/etc/init.d/openvpn ) + /etc/vpnc/ (/etc/openvpn/), so you can add support for 
them:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/vpnc-howto.xml
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/OpenVPN

But this may require much work and in worst case may cause some code 
duplication.

Seems plugin also does not support GPRS (EDGE), do you plan to add it? Example 
config (mobile phone as usb modem):
config_ppp1="ppp"
link_ppp1="ttyACM1"
pppd_ppp1="
debug
crtscts
local
lcp-echo-failure 0
lcp-echo-interval 0
:0.0.0.0
noipdefault
ipcp-accept-local
defaultroute
usepeerdns
noauth
persist
maxfail 99999
"
chat_ppp1="
'TIMEOUT'         '15'
'ABORT'           'BUSY'
'ABORT'           'ERROR'
'ABORT'           'NO ANSWER'
'ABORT'           'NO CARRIER'
'ABORT'           'NO DIALTONE'
'ABORT'           'Invalid Login'
'ABORT'           'Login incorrect'
''              'ATE1'
'OK'              'AT+CGDCONT=1,\"IP\",\"internet\"'
'OK'              'ATD*99***1#'
'CONNECT'         'c'
"