The interface configure function is called after "write_config()" because
we must write the new data to the config before reading the config to
bring up the interface with the new settings.
The "local" search domain signifies to local hosts that are running
mDNS (bonjour or avahi) that mDNS is to be used to look up local hosts
instead of doing a normal DNS query to the server listed in
/etc/resolv.conf on the local host.
Also, hosts running bonjour or avahi can not ping or reach *any* other
host by name if it is not running some mDNS implementation.
Essentially, if DHCP tells the local host that it's search domain is
"local" then hosts running mDNS will not query the pfsense DNS server
for any local lan DNS lookups.
See here on apple's website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20999?viewlocale=en_US
Quote from above link:
"To indicate that the name should be looked up using local multicast
instead of a standard DNS query, all Bonjour host names end with the
extension ".local."
*some* username and password, so defaults are set if user enters nothing.
Removed interface_ppp_configure call from interfaces_ppp_edit.php. It was
useless there with the new structure, and it caused all PPP links to attempt
to connect when user presses "Save" even before they are assigned to LAN/WAN, etc.
Also, fix up pfsense-utils.inc and status_interfaces.php
to display more info on status_interfaces.php.
Changed util.inc to allow cua* interfaces to be recognized as real interfaces as
pfSense got "interface mismatch" at boot and forced user to reassign. Maybe someone
else has a better way to do this.
Number, and the SIM PIN and wait time for the SIM to settle after the PIN is
entered.
Still no work on multilink PPP with serial port links.
Right now the code creates the mpd.secret file. I tested it using the set auth
password <password> syntax in the mpd.conf file and got errors so I kept the
mpd.secret file generation. PPP for modems does need the mpd.script file. It's
the chat script file for the link establishment. Right now it has to be in
/usr/local/sbin/mpd.script, and it's linked to /var/etc/ at boot time when ppp
is first configured. I also took away the "Dialcmd" field in the PPP setup page
(and a couple others) because the script is rather comprehensive and is designed
to handle many modems. My two 3G modems worked without modification to the
script. I did have to modify the scrip to handle the setting of APN and SIM
PINs.
I made the Init String field work, and the default init commands in the ATT&T,
Verizion, and Sprint defaults now come up in the Init String field. You also no
longer should put an "AT" at the beginning of modem commands entered in the web
page because the script does that for you. I implemented interface renaming and
that simplified the new code a lot, so that's nice. Now ppp interfaces start
with ppp0 and go up as you add more.
This patch refers to the ppp-linkup and linkdown scripts in the /usr/local/sbin/
directory so custom PPP linkup and linkdown scripts are not needed anymore.
The persistent uptime tracking is still an open issue, but it works within each
connected session. I'm already experiencing much smother conditions with mpd5
for PPP on 3G than I was with userland ppp. It's very nice.
