From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Carlson Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:25 +0000 Subject: Re: Using pppd as a library Message-Id: <502B9F0D.3050302@workingcode.com> List-Id: References: <502A3A31.2050106@ibtechnology.com> In-Reply-To: <502A3A31.2050106@ibtechnology.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org walter harms wrote: > The question is do they need ppp at all ? I certainly has advantages to use > tcp/ip but it is no requirement is several cases. Going with a more simple > protocol can reduce the overhead considerable. Please explain. What "more simple protocol" are you suggesting? SLIP, perhaps? I expect that the original poster's design constraints include having an interoperable implementation -- that is, being able to talk to peer machines built by other vendors. Whether the overhead is "considerable" or not doesn't seem to factor into the choice. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W