From nobody Tue Sep 21 07:48:50 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-net@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D4C517CCC1C for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from contact@evilham.com) Received: from yggdrasil.evilham.com (yggdrasil.evilham.com [46.19.33.155]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HDD8F2CZPz3QKv for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from contact@evilham.com) Received: from yggdrasil.evilham.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by yggdrasil.evilham.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HDD8448HRz2S4C; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:48:52 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=evilham.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=mail; bh=O71ucNAhHaffiMzYmT5AnEK8hYQ=; b=Xl4sfH HenZC8DrPEjDoDn0tzKyeVfUOZFt+VI0LQ6vQz/MdCd8+XNYA5tBfKU1KCvYNMZG DjPibiFEo34QTzFl/S/QKNb8LRlBM75uEvkKBIz2YWDTUkom/J7S9REidG6D2TFX MdFUZBbqZurnLUQIc4ZjwWpoPf3A3yT6rcMZE= Received: from yggdrasil.evilham.com (2a0a-e5c1-121-1--1.ipv6.magic.ungleich.ch [IPv6:2a0a:e5c1:121:1::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by yggdrasil.evilham.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4HDD835ytGz2S4B; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:48:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Evilham To: driesm.michiels@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance of PPPOE in FreeBSD References: <001001d7ae56$3c204fd0$b460ef70$@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <001001d7ae56$3c204fd0$b460ef70$@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:48:50 +0200 Message-ID: <088518bd664aa2e73bb75b9fdb304cbd3988@yggdrasil.evilham.com> List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HDD8F2CZPz3QKv X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On dl., set. 20 2021, driesm.michiels@gmail.com wrote: > Hi net mailing list, > > > > Currently at my parrents house we have just a cable modem where > I use DHCPv6 > and DHCP to get a IPv6 prefix and IPv4 address respectivelly. > > For this config everything is done in the kernel regarding > routing. The ISP > is Telenet and they give me 300 down / 20 up (mbps). > > > > But I really want a higher upload in my future appartment where > I will be > moving is *soonTm*. > > So looking for ISP's in Belgium, Proximus seems to provide a > fibre plan (if > fibre is available, but it should be) that does 500 down / 50 up > (mbps). > > They use PPPOE and was wondering what the max troughput looks > like with the > in-base PPPOE client? > > I have also found some mentions of net/mpd5, is this a better > implementation? > > > > Thanks > > Dries I wrote my experience with PPPoE for a dual-stack FreeBSD router back in very late 2019 here: https://evilham.com/en/blog/2019-FreeBSD-eXO-router/ it might save you some trouble. Not much has changed since I wrote that, just as others mentioned: mpd5 is kind of a must, performance gets much better just by using mpd5. FWIW my home fiber runs at 600Mbps without any issues (only limited by the wholesale provider). Cheers, -- Evilham