Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 23:53:19 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp command.c datalink.c datalink.h defs.h vars.c vars.h Message-ID: <19980217235319.40955@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199802172137.QAA14720@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from Garrett Wollman on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 04:37:48PM -0500 References: <19980217203309.39822@follo.net> <199802171950.UAA01120@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <19980217222533.63111@follo.net> <199802172137.QAA14720@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 04:37:48PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > I'm not certain how this can be handled. A possibility might be to > > fragment the packets for just that connection, ie, in effect lower > > the MTU for just part of the use. > > What multilink PPP allows you to do is interrupt one data stream > temporarily to send a packet from another. (I'm remembering this from > what was described at the first ISSLL WG meeting, so forgive me if I > got it wrong.) You still have to go back to that packet eventually. How'd you do this? Escape-sequences inline in the packets? The disadvantage here compared to doing this at a higher level is that you wouldn't get the same benefit for another slow link, say a SLIP-line. OTOH, it seems all serial lines run PPP these days... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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