From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 08:33:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA22096 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from samizdat.uucom.com (samizdat.uucom.com [198.202.217.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA22090 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cshenton@uucom.com) Received: (from cshenton@localhost) by samizdat.uucom.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id LAA17273; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:33:02 -0500 To: archie@whistle.com, dave@comsite.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mpd + EQL, Livingston PM2 MLLB, alternatives? mpd load high? From: Chris Shenton Date: 09 Nov 1998 11:33:02 -0500 Message-ID: <8690hkx1vl.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> Lines: 40 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Archie, I've been using your mpd-1.0b4 for a week now and it seems very stable. I'm running it between a FreeBSD-2.2.7 box to a -2.2.1 box, and to a Livingston PortMaster-2 over a single POTS line. I haven't played with multiple lines yet, but that's why I got interested in mpd in the first place. I see in the mpd-1.0b5 source there's a patch from Dave@comsite.net for Livingstons. Dave: is this for the PM's multi-line load balancing (not really *multi-link* PPP)? PM2 or only PM3? POTS or only ISDN? If mpd works with Livingston PM2 POTS, I'll probably bail on the old FreeBSD box I installed there to use as my endpoint for mpd -- might save me some complexity and trouble. But I know the PM2 will only do MLLB, not MLPPP over POTS... The mpd-1.0b5 code's dated from about Dec'97. Would you still recommend it or is user-land PPP up to snuff for multi-link/line? Archie: I notice mpd with one line is consuming 10-15% of my 486-66 CPU when doing stuff like CVSUP or FTP downloads. Is this normal? Due to the link compression? Will it increase as I add lines? The 486 is pretty much dedicated to being a dialup/router so this isn't a big concern but it does indicate scalability problems if I try to increase lines (or use even older hardware :-) If you're mpd'ing into a FreeBSD box, how are you getting it to advertise the routes? When I use pppd, I have gated advertising the route to my /28 home net, but when I use mpd, it does not. I must have something mal-configured cuz when I mpd (single-line) into the PM2, it advertises the route no problem. A sample gated.conf would be very helpful if you've got one. Thanks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message