Bug#565394: pppd available but chat missing
Package: installation-reports
hi!
i tried to install on a laptop with unsupported nic and unsupported wlan - but with a working gsm usb stick.
finding out that pppd is available was really great.
finding out that ppp configuration like options and chat script (and ofc auth) have to be done manually is totally ok imho.
finding out that the chat binary is missing is - at least after the other promising findings - a massive fail.
please just add chat to the ppp installer component or as an extra installer component, i guess this is probably a piece of cake to do, but enables any serial line ppp networking which i guess would be a very valuable feature.
and while we're at it:
i guess shipping (a) simple chat script(s) e.g. like:
# e.g. /etc/ppp/gsm.chat for generic GSM:
"" ATZ
OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","\U"
OK ATD\T
CONNECT ""
and maybe more generic options even if it's just a template like:
/dev/ttyUSB0
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/gsm.chat -T *99# -U surfo2"
usepeerdns
defaultroute
persist
takes probably not much effort but would be a big leap forward for every installation via ppp.
kind regards,
Chris
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