From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 07:14:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E2316A4BF for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B4643FE3 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:14:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8CEELOg027070; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:14:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8CEEL7n027069; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:14:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200309121414.h8CEEL7n027069@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: rjhjr@cox.net (Bob Hall) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:14:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20030912050321.GA544@kongemord.krig.net> from "Bob Hall" at Sep 12, 2003 01:03:22 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user-ppp faster then pppd ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:14:24 -0000 > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:37:59AM +0200, humbaba@gmx.net wrote: > > >The difference is too small to be meaningful. > > > > when you have 56k modem and ~4.5KB throughput 0.5KB can make a big > > difference > > I wonder if we're thinking of the same numbers. I've seen 56k modems > run at 14,000 bps on bad lines, but not often. 4,500 bps is pretty > slow. I was guessing he was mixing bits and bytes and means ~4.5 Kbytes/second which is pretty good on a 56k line. But, I could be guessing wrong. ////jerry