Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:05:01 +0200 From: Rob Simons <rob@Simplex.NL> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP acting up Message-ID: <199509172205.AAA13376@Simplex.NL>
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| I believe that the proxyarp flag causes the pppd to go beserk and | consume lots of processor time for no apparent reason. I knew someone | who ran pppd and his machine never saw a processor load below 1.0 as a | result. The fact that the proxyarp flag doesn't work, and is common in | both these situations makes me suspicious. | | The friend also despaired of pppd not hanging up cleanly, and hacked | together a script which ping'ed the remote end every so often and | killed the pppd if it didn't reply. A hack, but it work(ed). #!/bin/sh # # interface tty speed localip remoteip arp -s $5 0:0:1c:6:1e:d2 pub Ok, the moment I wrote the prevous letter I saw the error, the above line should of course be : /usr/sbin/arp -s $5 0:0:1c:6:1e:d2 pub :-( Well, apparently this solution works for me. options 'proxyarp' is switched off, no more > 100% CPU load and hanging pppd's, and the ip-up makes sure the arp entry is made. Hopefully this has been helpful for others, - Rob /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\ /* Rob Simons | rob@simplex.nl *\ /* ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ------- *\ /* Novell Netware System Operator | UNIX system operator *\ /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\
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