From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Nov 23 12:39:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id CE35F153DB; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC3A1CD776; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Vadim Belman Cc: hometeam , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd (Re: speaking of 3.4... ) In-Reply-To: <85hfidt1zo.fsf@lflat.dp.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 23 Nov 1999, Vadim Belman wrote: > Kris> Most of the changes are linux-specific, since that's all they have > Kris> for ppp. There are a few extra features, but I don't think there > Kris> have been many freebsd-applicable bugfixes. > > What makes pppd more preferable than the standard ppp? From my > point of view, they are rather equal in most cases. The only things I can think of are: 1) if you have a bunch of {Linux|Solaris|...} machines (for which pppd is the only (at least, only one I know of) free ppp implementation), so you don't have to learn a new syntax. 2) Better (or at least, deterministic) latency on packets, since they don't leave the kernel (as with user-mode ppp). I don't know how much of an effect this is, but it's not likely to be significant for most people. user-mode ppp (i.e. ppp(8)) is definitely the way to go in freebsd, all other things being equal. It's well supported, has more features, and is actively developed. Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message