Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:53:01 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux ppp Message-ID: <382C701D.916EAC60@3-cities.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911121532330.60313-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > 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. I dial out with user-ppp and I have no problem with drops. If I am on for 8 hours, I am automaticaly dropped. I have ppp set to do -auto and -alias and it redials when the connection is dropped. The only way I knew for a long time was to check my ppp.log. You need a proper ppp.linkup and ppp.linkdown to clear and enter information but that is all. I find that FreeBSD is much faster connecting than using NAT on NT. It is only a few seconds but a few can be the difference between a product timing out or exchanging information over the Internet. The product is beyond my control and I programmed around its requirements. I also have ppp setup so I can pass commands to it with pppctl. Then, I added a command (pppclose) to drop the connection using pppctl. I find it useful to dial when I am near the FreeBSD system and also have a pppctl script called pppdial that tells ppp to dial my ISP. I only need this when my ISP has a flaky modem and you need to hear the sounds from the handshaking. Once in a great while, the system will connect but the connection really isn't there. Then, I drop the line and tell ppp to re-dial. Later on, I added shell aliases to check "show phy" and "show timers" using pppctl. It does what I want and that keeps me happy. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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