Re: GPRS on Linux fails due to 255.255.255.255 remote address.
From: James Courtier-Dutton
Date: Fri Oct 22 2004 - 21:12:16 EST
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
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