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Date:      Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:52:51 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Rob <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: ADSL: Using mpd(8) for PPPoE
Message-ID:  <20030609125251.GA92744@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <009901c32e4b$7a52d6a0$a4b826cb@goo>
References:  <005d01c32e47$dc282500$a4b826cb@goo> <20030609053525.GA9298@rot13.obsecurity.org> <009901c32e4b$7a52d6a0$a4b826cb@goo>

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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

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