Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 14:00:39 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: cshenton@apollo.hq.nasa.gov, jc@irbs.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: client & server ppp Message-ID: <199508090400.OAA03763@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I've been dialing into a FreeBSD (Release, -current, and now -stable) >system running pppd, mostly in server mode, but also dialing back to >my home (Sunos pppd) in client mode. In both, FreeBSD pppd refuses to >die and and free up the port for getty (on cuaa0) so I can dial in It probably needs the `modem' option. >again from home. FBSD pppd also consumes all CPU available: on a >system with two pppds, they both run at 50%. W.R.T. die-on-hangup and I've never seen an overhead problem in pppd. >Last week I brought up iijppp and with some work, got it running as >both client and server. It kills ppp when the modem hangs up like it >should, and uses a modest amount of CPU. Hurray! In 2.0.5, iijppp consumes all the CPU available while it is transmitting. Bruce
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