From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 21 05:14:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA07153 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 May 1997 05:14:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from entity.enta.net (entity.enta.net [194.207.36.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA07145 for ; Wed, 21 May 1997 05:14:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from simat.enta.net (simat.enta.net [194.207.132.56]) by entity.enta.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA14960 for ; Wed, 21 May 1997 13:22:04 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <3382E72C.583E@enta.net> Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 13:14:36 +0100 From: Simon N Atkin X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PPP Dialin, burst traffic Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, setup my freebsd bsd box at the weekend for dialin with PPP running across it, It's much faster than using a router (obviously) But when downloading a file from the server that the modem is connected to I only get burst pulses of traffic. The modems at both end are 28800 BPS with the DTE set to 38400. the entry in /etc/ttys is # Serial terminals ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty VH38400" dialup on #ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty VH38400" dialup on ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" dialup on # this one !! std.38400 works fine (most of the time) with the modem not locked to DTE. I get a login prompt first time so this must mean a 38400 DTE connect. The /usr/local/bin/ppplogin entry is #!/bin/sh exec /usr/sbin/pppd proxyarp :x.x.x.x exit I didn't use the tunNEL device because I wouldn't hangup the connection after use. Could it be PPP that is causing the burst pulse traffic ?? Any ideas anyone. Simon Atkin. ;) Just in case anyone doesn't understand burst pulse traffic, then it is that the modem RX light doesn't stay on all the time while transfering , i.e loss of bandwidth.