From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 15:06:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0EFA16A4D8 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 15:06:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DA543D6A for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 15:06:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.4P/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4JF6XoU065327 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:06:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3P/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4JF6Xds094020 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:06:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20060519110026.05820230@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:06:48 -0400 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Subject: improving transport over lossy links ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:06:40 -0000 I am looking for a way to improve the reliability of a lossy link (dialup from remote sites). I am going to try multilink PPP but was wondering if something like ng_one2many might work as well ? Does anyone have any suggestions for avenues to explore ? For multilink ppp, does mpd offer any better performance / reliability over the stock ppp ? The application is low bandwidth, but doesnt deal that well with packet loss and the phone lines in these remote locations tend to be noisy and drop connections frequently. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike