From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 01:23:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C08416A4BF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:23:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.a-quadrat.at (N654P000.adsl.highway.telekom.at [62.47.25.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6604F43FE1 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:23:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbretter@a-quadrat.at) Received: from localhost.a-quadrat.at (brutus.a-quadrat.at [192.168.90.60]) by files.a-quadrat.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF455C098; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:23:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:23:31 +0200 (=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Sommerzeit?=) From: Michael Bretterklieber To: Dan Hardiker In-Reply-To: <024601c37607$7de4ef70$3601a8c0@ws4> Message-ID: References: <024601c37607$7de4ef70$3601a8c0@ws4> X-X-Sender: mbretter@files.a-quadrat.at MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPD Issues - Errors and Mysterious Packet Loss X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:23:37 -0000 Hi, On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Dan Hardiker wrote: > Ive now hit a barrier I just cant cross without help. Theres nothing out on > the net and every where I go they point to this newsgroup / mailing list. > Here it goes... > > I have setup MPD to be best of my ability and am getting intermitant packet > loss (only with mpd, pinging through when not connected to the vpn works > beautifully).I think the root of the problem lies in a non reported issue. > > When I connect to the VPN I get a connection status box in my XP sys tray. > If I open that up I get a list of bytes sent and received, as well as the > compression % and number of errors. Compression is always 0% even through I > tell mpd to use compression and have checked its enabled in the VPN > connection settings. MPD (netgraph) doesen't support compression, because it's proprietary and patentet, if you realy wan't to have compression (=STAC Compression) then you have to buy the sources from www.hifn.com, but usualy you don't need compression. > > If I sit the machine pinging the LAN IP of the MPD server when connected to > the VPN, I start racking up lots of errors. Ive only been pinging for 15 > mins and the errors is up to 58. Unfortunatly it doesnt tell me WHAT those > errors are, or where to start looking to resolve them. > > The short of it is that the VPN works, but its paralysingly slow (throughput > has been logged via trafshow as being 300 bytes > 3k a sec on a 256kbit ADSL > upstream ... averaging mostly around 300-400 bps) and could really do with > some pointers as to where to start looking. > can you please post you configuration and mpd's logfile? bye, -- ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Michael Bretterklieber - http://www.bretterklieber.com A-Quadrat Automation GmbH - http://www.a-quadrat.at Tel: ++43-(0)3172-41679 - GSM: ++43-(0)699 12861847 ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972