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Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet

From Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet
Date 2017-01-06 12:50 +0000
Organization It is for me to know and for you to find out.
Message-ID <anfi+7e3yaelmef-h165@wp.eu> (permalink)
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> Jorgen Grahn wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Wed, 2017-01-04, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
>>> ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:
>>>> Wow, so old. You still use dial-up? :(
>>>
>>> Mobile broadband (GSM/UMTS/LTE) is dial-up/ppp based.
>>
>> Kind of.  If you want to give a computer IP connectivity by using a
>> mobile phone as a "modem", you do that by using PPP between the
>> computer and the phone. (At least in the past; not sure about
>> nowadays.)
>>
>> But that's where the PPP session ends; beyond the phone the
>> authentication, link establishment, IP connectivity, mobility ...
>> is taken care of by the GTP protocol.
>
> I just plug my phone into the USB port, tell the phone to tether, and
> Network Manager takes care of the rest (Debian and CentOS).

Never underestimate what some exotic tariff plans may encourage+.

-- 
[Andrew] Andrzej A. Filip

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Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet jorge.araujo.ventura@gmail.com - 2017-01-03 09:33 -0800
  Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-01-04 04:20 -0600
    Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> - 2017-01-04 10:52 +0000
      Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-01-05 04:50 -0600
      Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-01-06 08:12 +0000
        Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-01-06 07:37 -0500
          Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> - 2017-01-06 12:50 +0000
            Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-01-07 07:45 -0500
          Re: pppd dial-on-demand drops first packet i <j@k.mn> - 2017-01-12 02:48 +0000

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