From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 1 20:27:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA29463 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:27:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy2.ba.best.com (root@proxy2.ba.best.com [206.184.139.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA29458 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:27:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsampley.vip.best.com (bsampley.vip.best.com [206.184.160.196]) by proxy2.ba.best.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id UAA14004; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:25:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <32F416DD.41C67EA6@best.com> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 20:23:57 -0800 From: Burton Sampley X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug White CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User ppp vs. pppd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White wrote: > > 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. > I decided to give pppd a try. I followed the instructions in the on-line handbook and was able to get it running in less than 1/2 hour (of course that was after the kernel rebuild removing the tun0 device and adding the ppp0 device). The only thing I needed to do was change the sample scripts to reflect my user info. for my ISP. That's it, quick and painless. Thanks for your help. -- Burton Sampley Email: bsampley@best.com | home page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley