From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 10 07:28:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA10513 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 07:28:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA10502 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 07:28:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup7.etinc.com (dialup7.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA24147 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:39:39 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:39:39 -0500 Message-Id: <199601101539.KAA24147@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: pppd vs ijppp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> I am using iijppp (damn fine program!), but every now-and-then it dies >> on me. > >Do you need the on-demand cababilities of ppp, or are you looking for a >'full-time' link? If the latter, you can use pppd to provide the same >functionality. We eneded up using pppd vs. ijppp because of the >occasional instability of the user-level stuff. > What are the real advantages of ijppp over pppd, and is anyone integrating them into the kernel pppd? Its pretty stupid to run ppp in user space just to get a couple of intiialization features. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25