[RP-PPPoE] ppp-2.4.5 is out

[Damjan]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:26:33AM +0200, Evgeniy Kozhuhovskiy wrote:
> >Anyone to know what are the changes ?
> What's new in ppp-2.4.5.
>  ************************
> * Under Linux, pppd can now operate in a mode where it doesn't request
>   the peer's IP address, as some peers refuse to supply an IP address.
>   Since Linux supports device routes as well as gateway routes, it's
>   possible to have no remote IP address assigned to the ppp interface
>   and still route traffic over it.
> 
> * Pppd now works better with 3G modems that do strange things such as
>   sending IPCP Configure-Naks with the same values over and over again.

this was a real killer
 
> * The PPP over L2TP plugin is included, which works with the pppol2tp
>   PPP channel code in the Linux kernel.  This allows pppd to be used
>   to set up tunnels using the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol.
> 
> * A new 'enable-session' option has been added, which enables session
>   accounting via PAM or wtwp/wtmpx, as appropriate.  See the pppd man
>   page for details.

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