From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 18:27:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5EC1065670 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from einstein@yawl.com.br) Received: from server13.yawl.com.br (server13.yawl.com.br [200.175.230.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6AEA8FC0A for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:27:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from einstein@yawl.com.br) Received: from [200.175.230.21] ([200.175.230.21]) by server13.yawl.com.br (IceWarp 9.2.1) with ASMTP id ZXU09353 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 15:27:53 -0300 Message-ID: <4831C6CD.3070701@yawl.com.br> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 15:28:29 -0300 From: Einstein Oliveira User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20080430) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Net References: <4831B670.7060502@yawl.com.br> <4831BF2D.3040802@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <4831BF2D.3040802@elischer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Suggestions on a PPPoE server with mpd X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:27:58 -0000 Julian Elischer wrote: > Einstein Oliveira wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> In an attempt to change from pppoed + ppp to mpd I'm having some >> strange behaviour with the later on the same host that usually handles >> 100+ clients with the former. >> >> Basically it's a i386 FreeBSD 6.3 system with mpd-5.1 and 1 GB Ram. >> Users can connect without any problem. >> >> After a few minutes a SECOND mpd process is initiated and this one >> consumes all idle processing of the host. >> >> Whoever is connected before that still remains connected but no new >> user can get in anymore. Also logging stops being generated. >> >> The only solution is a killall -KILL on mpd. >> >> On another host I have the same configuration working as expected but >> with less than 50 clients. >> >> Both configurations are the same from mpd.conf.sample. >> >> So I'm looking for any suggestions that somebody has been using to >> handle that many pppoe connections (100+) with mpd. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> > > > people have handled many more than 100 I think.. > however there is no reason that a 2nd should start up. > what is teh PPID of the 2nd? Right now I can't try to run mpd to verify this information but as soon as I can I'll send this to the list. > > are you sure that it isn't being started up by whatever starts up the > first? > > -- Einstein Oliveira einstein@yawl.com.br ___________________________________________________ Yawl Internet Ltda. http://www.yawl.com.br/