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

[Mu Qiao]

On 06/26/2010 10:21 PM, Nikoli wrote:
> 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.

Yes, that's right. This plug-in has already involved several unplanned
configuration files such as dhcpcd. It will become too complicated if we
deal with too many files. But if it's worth implementing, I'll still do
it. So I'll think about it after midterm evaluation.

> Seems plugin also does not support GPRS (EDGE), do you plan to add it?

I'm not sure whether I can do it since I think GPRS is supported in a
totally different way. As far as I know, the plug-in can not handle
this. This is where the modem manager kicks in.

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Cheers,
Mu Qiao
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