From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 19:08:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C5E16A420 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.sick.ru (cell.sick.ru [217.72.144.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B5D43D48 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:08:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.sick.ru (glebius@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cell.sick.ru (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0KJ86A4029928 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:08:06 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from glebius@localhost) by cell.sick.ru (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k0KJ854C029927; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:08:05 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: cell.sick.ru: glebius set sender to glebius@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:08:05 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff To: jhall@vandaliamo.net Message-ID: <20060120190805.GW83922@cell.sick.ru> Mail-Followup-To: Gleb Smirnoff , jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org References: <1302.199.223.158.225.1137685960.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <20060120150415.GU83922@FreeBSD.org> <1406.199.223.158.225.1137783443.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1406.199.223.158.225.1137783443.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mpd 3.18 and FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:08:09 -0000 On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 06:57:23PM -0000, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: j> > I guess you are using PPTP, although this word is absent in your mail. mpd j> > can support different protocols, so reporting what you are actually using j> > is important. j> > j> > The PPTP protocol has a terrible idea - windowing, that degradates tunnel j> > performance a lot. In FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ng_pptpgre(4) didn't support j> > windowing at all. In modern FreeBSD ng_pptpgre(4) supports windowing. In j> > mpd windowing is turned on by default. This is done because some modern j> > MS Windows versions will refuse to connect if windowing is disabled. I j> > think, that if you disable windowing in mpd config, your performance will j> > come back. j> > j> Yes, you are correct, I am using PPTP and I should have specified that in j> my initial e-mail. Since I am using FreeBSD with mpd at both ends of the j> link is preferred to disable windowing on the client side, or the server j> side? If possible, I would prefer to disable it on the client side since j> I have several Windows users who also connect to this server. In general it is better to disable it on server, but be ready to turn it back if some incomaptible Windows version will want to connect. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE