Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 23:06:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pppd vs ijppp Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960111224658.14135B-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960111170343.10344C-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
> This whole idiotic conversation has passed waaaay beyond the interest
... snip ...
I read this whole thread 'cause I was trying to see if answers came up
about my problems running ijppp. I agree that this is moving beyond the
"normal human"'s interest (and possibly understanding... :-) However, two
points did come up that I'd be interested in hearing more about; at the
risk of expressing a TECHNICAL interst:
1. Someone (Nate?) was working on installing predictor-1 compression into
kernel ppp. Is this available for alpha/beta testing?
2. Has there been any progress in making ijppp a tad more stable?
I'm running kernel ppp now (have been for over a year). I didn't find it
all that terrible to set up, and it's been rock stable for me. I'm able
to run for days at a time between carrier drops (and what's a "panic"? :-)
and a simple shell scropt reconnects me within two minutes anyway. True,
it's not demand based but that's not a problem in my particular application.
I tried running ijppp but I couln't get the link to stay up more than
10-15 minutes; under heavy load 30 seconds was more common (yes, I know
about disable/deny lqr). Same modem settings as kernel ppp. Dunno what's
going on. But... while it WAS up I got REALLY REALLY REALLY good
throughput; due, I understand, to predictor-1. So...
I'd REALLY like to see predictor-1 added to the kernel mode PPP. I don't
need dialers etc. (although the "connect" command on kernel ppp coupled
with chat does a nice job for me...) Then I could have a nice solid ppp
WITH compression. Happy happy joy joy!
If the person doing the predictor-1 stuff needs help/testers, please
lemme know!! :-)
Thanks,
Mike
BTW- One other nice thing would be to add to the kernel ppp man page the
hint that one should NEVER use the proxyarp command [other hint: never
say never... :-)]. I had all kinds of bizzarre problems (mostly with
pppd's not going away) 'till I removed it per the suggestion of someone
from the list; instantly things started working well! :-)!
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