From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 17 15:03:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA28058 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 15:03:23 -0700 Received: from Simplex.NL (Simplex.NL [193.78.46.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA28052 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 15:03:21 -0700 Received: (from rob@localhost) by Simplex.NL (8.6.12/8.6.12-RS) id AAA13376 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:05:01 +0200 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:05:01 +0200 From: Rob Simons Message-Id: <199509172205.AAA13376@Simplex.NL> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP acting up Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk | 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 *\ /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\