Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 00:00:08 -0400 From: Daniel Tso <dan@tsolab.org> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <3782D0C8.B26A8A1B@tsolab.org> References: <bulk.84459.19990706184601@hub.freebsd.org>
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> A friend has asked me to help him set up a box that will be: > > 1) A demand dial router to his ISP > B) A Network Address Translator for machines on his LAN > > This has probably been discussed before, but would anyone with > some experience doing PPP like to pipe up with the pros and cons > of: > > A) user level PPP with the tunnel device > 2) the Kernel PPP link, with PPPD and NATD > > It looks to me, at first blush, that the user space PPP program > would be easier to configure, and rolls the NAT function into > the same place. Plus, it demand dials without external chat or > kermit scripts. Is the performance similar? Any other things > to look out for? I have been doing this with method A: user PPP with builtin aliasing. With a 33.3K modem (28K connects) or 56K modem (50.3K connects). user PPP on a 486/66 easily saturates the line, with about 30% CPU usage. Pretty easy to set up... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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