Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:39:03 +1100 From: "Rob Secombe" <robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au> To: <amurai@spec.co.jp> Cc: "FreeBSD ISP LIst" <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: iijppp and stac compression Message-ID: <199801060241.NAA16803@wizard.teksupport.net.au>
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Hi, We are currently using FreeBSD with iijppp to implement simple firewalls for a number of our customers over 33k6 dialup lines. We have recently switched to using the Livingston PM3's which supports STAC compression. The following was taken from the Livingston Website: "Livingston's implementation of data compression utilizes the IETF proposed standard RFC 1962 PPP Compression Control Protocol for negotiation of data compression over dial-up and dedicated PPP links and the proposed standard RFC 1974 PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol for actual data payload compression. The ComOS implementation supports both sequence number as well as extended mode error checking for full Microsoft Windows 95 interoperability. Full interoperability has been tested between Livingston products and 46 other data communications, networking and computer hardware manufacturers' products." The ability to use this feature would enable us to provide our users with better thoughput without them incurring the expense of having to shift to ISDN. My question is "does the latest version of iijppp support STAC, and if not, is there any posibility that support for STAC may be included in the near future?" I understand that STAC is a commercial product but also have read somewhere that licences may be obtained to include the code for no charge. Rob Secombe Engineering Director Teksupport Pty. Ltd. 7 Warwick Avenue, Springvale, Melbourne 3171 Victoria Australia Email: robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au World Wide Web: http://www.teksupport.net.au/ PGP Public Key: http://www.teksupport.net.au/~robseco/pgp.txt
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