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Subject: Re: PPTP/PPPoE mpd/poptop performance
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Pawel Malachowski wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 03:38:08PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
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>>I'd suggest to choose PPPoE, not PPTP, because the latter is quite
>>complicated and violated by some client implementation. You will
>>not find any problems with PPPoE, since ng_pppoe is compatible with
>>all known PPPoE implementations.
>>    
>>
>
>This is what I am currently looking at. I am considering PPTP only because
>client is already available in Windows machines for free. While in XP PPPoE
>is already in, I don't see free PPPoE clients for Win9x.
>I am a bit worried about behaviour in lossy WiFi environments; I'll give it
>a try in free time, I guess.
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    I use them both(PPTP and PPPoE) on every machine serving as access 
concentrator - and leave decision of "what to use" to the client side :).
(btw there are PPPoE clients for win98 - RASPPPoE it was I think).