From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 30 22:47:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA06711 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:47:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA06697 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:47:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA04190; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:47:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:47:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Burton Sampley cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User ppp vs. pppd In-Reply-To: <32F0C501.41C67EA6@best.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Burton Sampley wrote: > I'm currently running FBSD 2.2 -Beta with user ppp -auto through the > tun0 device to connect to my ISP (Best.com also using FBSD). Is pppd > worth the headaches of installation and configuration? Is there any > significant performance improvement by switching tp pppd since I'll be > connecting to another FBSD box (any secret settings could improve my > performance)? I'm currently accessing my ISP with a 28.8Kbps modem. pppd in itself, being a kernel process, is faster than iijppp. But it's a bit less flexible and not easy to config. There are instructions in the Handbook and I can refer you to an associate of mine who has a very nice pppd configuration, including unattended outbound connections. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major