From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Jun  9 05:52:54 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 3058337B401
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  9 Jun 2003 05:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org
	(adsl-64-169-104-32.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.169.104.32])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8228F43FBF
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  9 Jun 2003 05:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5])
	by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 4476E66CFB; Mon,  9 Jun 2003 05:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 1EA70B71; Mon,  9 Jun 2003 05:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:52:51 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Rob <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net>
Message-ID: <20030609125251.GA92744@rot13.obsecurity.org>
References: <005d01c32e47$dc282500$a4b826cb@goo>
	<20030609053525.GA9298@rot13.obsecurity.org>
	<009901c32e4b$7a52d6a0$a4b826cb@goo>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <009901c32e4b$7a52d6a0$a4b826cb@goo>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: ADSL: Using mpd(8) for PPPoE
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:52:54 -0000


--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:23:39PM +0930, Rob wrote:
> If I can't get mpd(8) to work, I won't have a choice :-)
>=20
> 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'd expect you'd never even notice the CPU load.  I don't.

> 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.

Indeed.

Kris

--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQE+5IMiWry0BWjoQKURAqFTAKCHv1Ry9rN125hmFfMCcqWVwA8IEACffnWK
ff4Aa3U9JjS96JcX532WKrE=
=Raxv
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--