Re: integration of nonphysical interfaces in NM

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Hi David,

So if I understood well, NM will import a list of
physical devices from HAL, and it will create logical
interfaces as needed.
For instance on ethernet we can have plain ethernet,
but also we can have PPPoE, on serial we can have ppp,
or slip or whatever else, on bluetooth we can have
multiple bnep interfaces (PICONET), or create a VPN
over whatever interface is available, and all this
interfaces are managed by NM.

But the question is: 
After NM does create such a virtual inteface, somebody
should advertise this on DBUS because maybe there is a
firewall listening for new interfaces to secure, or
some monitoring application, or something else.
If HAL is not advertising it on DBUS because is not in
his database, then NM should do it.
As long as somebody advertise the new interface on
DBUS, then is fine by me.

Thanks,
Paul


> On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 21:31 +0200, Paul Ionescu
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I saw a discussion some time ago about NM and
> VPNs.
> > When NM will support VPNs, will it also support
> other nonphysical
> > interfaces like bnep, ppp, irda ?
> > All these interfaces are not physical, but logical
> interfaces, and
> > therefore they will not appear in HAL.
> > If they are not in HAL, how do we manage them ?
> > 
> 
> Last time I checked, a PPP interface is something
> you can decide
> to create if you have a tty. Most of the time this
> is only interesting
> if that tty represents a serial device such as a
> modem or a legacy
> serial port. You may also use ppp for other crackful
> things that I
> don't think are of particular interest for the
> desktop.
> 
> So, some day HAL will be able to say "here's a modem
> and it's serial
> port is /dev/ttyUSB0" or "there are two legacy
> serial ports on this
> system (but I don't know what is on them cause it's
> not Plug and
> Play)".
> 
> In both cases NM will be the entity saying "OK, I
> want to use this
> serial device, let's create a ppp connection" and as
> a result ppp0
> or whatever will be brought up. So, in my view, NM
> is going to be
> the one managing such interfaces. 
> 
> Btw, for the latter case, legacy serial ports, NM
> will probably
> need a "Detect Modem" button but such is life for
> legacy ports.
> 
> I believe the story is somewhat similar for
> Bluetooth.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 


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