Re: [RFC] updated Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel

[David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>]

On Monday 21 April 2008, Paulius Zaleckas wrote:
> 		To make this interface work you have to
> send AT command with APN and optionally with PAP/CHAP username and password.
> Then you call AT command witch initiates PPP with basestation and begins
> to send/receive traffic on this pseudo ethernet interface... Actually it
> still needs one more AT command to get your IP and DNS addresses.
> Then you do: ifconfig hso0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255 up
> And then you have to write DNS addresses (got through AT interface) to
> the /etc/resolv.conf. Now you have a working internet connection!

Hardly a general purpose device, then ... not even the model I'm
used to seeing from a DSL or cable modem.  Presumably you have some
tool that runs on Linux to set up links like that.


> So... I don't see any chance to do multicasting or broadcasting here...

Well, some folk would want IP multicast for video support, but that's
a different issue.

- Dave

> P.S. Pseudo ethernet means that it receives bare IP packet from USB device,
> adds dummy ethernet header and sends it for further processing to kerne