Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:41:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux ppp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911121532330.60313-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <86yac3n4hh.fsf@localhost.hell.gr>
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On 12 Nov 1999, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> writes: > >> I've heard that ppp is almost the same between the two, and i've heard >> that they are very different. Is there any substantial difference >> between linux and fbsd ppp? > >It all depends on what the definition of _difference_ is for one. The >linux pppd comes only as a kernel-assisted daemon, while freebsd has >user-ppp too. That is one difference. Many things in common also exist >between these two. For instance, they both support BSD-style header >compression. > >Anyway, what is exactly that interests you regarding PPP on linux and/or >freebsd? They are separately written, and being that, they have both a >pack of common and a lot of different things to characterize each. I'm trying to figure out why windows dialup connection and linux ppp seem to have no problem with dropped connections in comparison to FBSD ppp. > >-- >Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> >"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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