From: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.co.uk>
To: Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPRS on Linux fails due to 255.255.255.255 remote address.
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:48:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4179B87D.3020505@superbug.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <90c25f2704102211212031af71@mail.gmail.com>
Arvind Kalyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use my Airtel GPRS connection under Linux.
>
>
> Status: pppd refuses connection due to improper remote IP address
> (255.255.255.255)
>
This is a bug in pppd or the linux kernel.
Can the linux kernel handle un-numbered Point-to-Point links?
This is a point-to-point link, so we should ignore the remote IP
address, and add local routes (e.g. default route) pointing to interface
names, and not IP addresses.
I agree that it would have looked prettier if the remote end used
something other than 255.255.255.255, but pppd should not care about it,
so who cares what number it is.
I do not know if this is a bug in the linux kernel, or just pppd.
Can the linux kernel handle un-numbered Point-to-Point links?
James
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-23 1:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-22 18:21 GPRS on Linux fails due to 255.255.255.255 remote address Arvind Kalyan
2004-10-22 18:27 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-22 19:42 ` Arvind Kalyan
2004-10-22 19:01 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-23 1:48 ` James Courtier-Dutton [this message]
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