From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 23:43:05 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 66BFA37B401 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:43:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jawa.at (jawa.at [213.229.17.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 126EA43F93 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:43:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbretter@jawa.at) Received: from dings.jawa.at (dings.jawa.at [192.168.200.60]) by jawa.at (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h6N6gu3D078674; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:42:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbretter@jawa.at) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:43:29 +0200 (=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Normalzeit?=) From: Michael Bretterklieber To: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030722194139.03a7a860@localhost> Message-ID: References: <200307181604.KAA13438@lariat.org> <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3DF4@exchange.wanglobal.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20030722194139.03a7a860@localhost> X-X-Sender: mbretter@files.jawa.at MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-24.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_PINE autolearn=ham version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT and PPTP 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: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:43:05 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:29 PM 7/22/2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > >Why not just use mpd? > > Because it's completely inadequate as a server. It needs one > Netgraph node, and a complete configuration, for every possible > client that might ever connect to it. And if lots of clients > connect, it eats tons of kernel RAM. > > We might use mpd as a client, but not a server. > I got reports from people who are using 255 bundles and more, some of them had to increase FD_SETSIZE, because they are using more then about 1024 bundles. bye, -- ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Michael Bretterklieber - http://www.bretterklieber.com JAWA Management Software GmbH - http://www.jawa.at Tel: ++43-(0)316-403274-12 - GSM: ++43-(0)676-84 03 15 712 ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972