Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 08:17:34 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net> Cc: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: your mail (PPP) Message-ID: <200003010817.IAA00496@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net> of "Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:48:58 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002281447180.5444-100000@barricuda.bsd.nws.net>
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> > I've noticed that when I use ppp -nat, on my 56k modem, the load average of
> > the system seems to be a bit go high, when I ftp files across it. The cpu
> > (PII 400) is more then sufficiently powered to handle nat and ppp over a
> > modem. Nor is system paging to swap.
> >
> > Anyone else noticed similar load averages? Top doesn't seem to provide any
> > evidence of ppp, being stuck in a busy loop.
>
> Yes. My gateway machine floats between 1.25 and 1.85. I'm also running a
> distributed.net client.
Compression is quite expensive. If you're not negotiating CCP I'd be
quite surprised if the increased load average was even noticable.
> ---
> Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> <kris@nospam.hiwaay.net> |
> -------------------------------------------------------
> "God gave them the ability to reproduce...
> ... Science gave us the hope they won't." -KBK
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