RE: ppp support

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 10:43 +0100, PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE wrote:
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> De: Tambet Ingo [mailto:tambet gmail com]
> Enviado el: lun 03/03/2008 19:38
> Para: Vitja Makarov
> CC: PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE; networkmanager-list gnome org
> Asunto: Re: ppp support
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> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Vitja Makarov
> <vitja makarov gmail com> wrote:
> >>  I see it in the tree but I don't see it works, correct me if i'm
> wrong.
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> >It works for GSM and CDMA.
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> >>  nm-ppp-manager works mainly on serial ppp links as I see.
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> >Yes, it currently works only for serial devices, but that doesn't
> mean
> it can't work for other ppp connections. If there's something wrong
> with the current implementation, let's fix it, instead of writing new
> program and trying to integrate it with NM. The current ppp manager in
> NM is just enough we needed to get GSM and CDMA working. DSL support
> is very high on my list of things to add. Feel free to suggest what
> should be done differently to satisfy your needs with it.
> 
> I would add HSPA support  (3.5G), specially for Huawei E220 USB modem.

Support for mobile broadband cards is already in SVN trunk.

Dan