From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 18:58:59 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 6DBDC106566C for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:58:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outC.internet-mail-service.net (outc.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548178FC12 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from mx0.idiom.com (HELO idiom.com) (216.240.32.160) by out.internet-mail-service.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 May 2008 07:05:34 -0700 Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978C02D6023; Mon, 19 May 2008 11:58:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4831CDEE.8060106@elischer.org> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:58:54 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Einstein Oliveira References: <4831B670.7060502@yawl.com.br> <4831BF2D.3040802@elischer.org> <4831C56C.8090708@yawl.com.br> In-Reply-To: <4831C56C.8090708@yawl.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Net 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 18:58:59 -0000 Einstein Oliveira wrote: > 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? >> >> are you sure that it isn't being started up by whatever starts up the >> first? >> >> > > The second process has a bigger PID than the first and I'm using the > default /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mpd5 as startup script with mpd_enable="YES" > on /etc/rc.conf. what about the PPID? (Parent PID) ps alx shows this. >