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Date:      Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:23:39 +0930
From:      "Rob" <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net>
To:        "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ADSL: Using mpd(8) for PPPoE
Message-ID:  <009901c32e4b$7a52d6a0$a4b826cb@goo>
References:  <005d01c32e47$dc282500$a4b826cb@goo> <20030609053525.GA9298@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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If I can't get mpd(8) to work, I won't have a choice :-)

The difference between them (as far as I can tell) is that mpd keeps all
the actual packet handling out of userland, so there's less overhead.
I've only got 512k/128k ADSL on a Pentium 166, so it doesn't sound like
ppp(8) will be a bottleneck, based on your experience.

I'm trying mpd because it looks like the 'cleaner' approach - on the
other hand, it seems to be the minority choice in terms of general
usage.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:05 PM

ppp(8) also uses netgraph for PPPoE.  Anyway, are you sure you need to
worry about mpd?  My Pentium 120 router handles my 1.5MBit ADSL at
full speed with ppp(8)'s pppoe.



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