[lwip-users] RE: [lwip] PPP module

[Ivarsson Magnus]

> why not try port one of the many existing implementations?
Good question, mainly because I didn't want it to be massive. 

I've got inspired by the Motorola application note AN2120 which didn't seem 
very heavy. It soon enough turned out that it was a bit to slim and it didn't 
work properly either. I'm not saying that our implementation is very good 
either, but at least we have it running against a Swedish GPRS operator as well 
as running as a PPP server.

It has taken a little bit more time than I expected to get it to this point but 
there is not very far to go until it is a proper PPP. The issue is that today 
all negotiations are done in sequence, without timeouts. But the corrections to 
make it use a state machine like the one in the RFC is laid out in my head ;) 
But before that I'm using it as is - so far it is working well enough for my 
purposes.

/Magnus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Sheer [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: den 10 december 2002 20:49
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [lwip] PPP module
> 
> 
> 
> hi there
> 
> creating a full featured PPP interface from scratch is
> a massive undertaking.
> 
> why not try port one of the many existing implementations?
> 
> -paul
> 
> On 2002.12.09 18:45 Ivarsson Magnus wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> > 
> > Attached you will find a zip file containing the PPP 
> interface that I have mentioned a few times this autumn.
> > It is not in a very nice state yet but I gather that some 
> help could be nice. 
> > I would of course like some feedback on the code so feel 
> free to mail 
> > me directly with comments, or via the list if this subject 
> is of common interest.
> > 
> > Specially I would like the netif_remove function added in netif.c 
> > 
> > Below is a brief description of the pppif.
> > 
> > BR, Magnus Ivarsson
> > 
> > --8<---
> > 
> > Architecture summary
> > 
> 
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