From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 21:08:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A5A16A41F for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:08:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10A7D43D76 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:08:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: (qmail 28969 invoked by uid 1006); 20 Jan 2006 21:08:42 -0000 Received: from jhall@vandaliamo.net by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:SA:0(-0.8/100.0):. Processed in 3.072569 secs); 20 Jan 2006 21:08:42 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=100.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.11) by -v with SMTP; 20 Jan 2006 21:08:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 2939 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2006 21:08:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO admintool.trueband.net) (127.0.0.1) by -v with SMTP; 20 Jan 2006 21:08:38 -0000 Received: from 199.223.158.225 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhall@vandaliamo.net) by admintool.trueband.net with HTTP; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:08:38 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <1674.199.223.158.225.1137791318.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> In-Reply-To: <20060120190805.GW83922@cell.sick.ru> References: <1302.199.223.158.225.1137685960.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <20060120150415.GU83922@FreeBSD.org> <1406.199.223.158.225.1137783443.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <20060120190805.GW83922@cell.sick.ru> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:08:38 -0000 (GMT) From: jhall@vandaliamo.net To: "Gleb Smirnoff" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, jhall@vandaliamo.net Subject: Re: mpd 3.18 and FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:08:43 -0000 > On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 06:57:23PM -0000, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: > j> > I guess you are using PPTP, although this word is absent in your > mail. mpd > j> > can support different protocols, so reporting what you are actually > using > j> > is important. > j> > > j> > The PPTP protocol has a terrible idea - windowing, that degradates > tunnel > j> > performance a lot. In FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ng_pptpgre(4) didn't > support > j> > windowing at all. In modern FreeBSD ng_pptpgre(4) supports windowing. > In > j> > mpd windowing is turned on by default. This is done because some > modern > j> > MS Windows versions will refuse to connect if windowing is disabled. > I > j> > think, that if you disable windowing in mpd config, your performance > will > j> > come back. > j> > > j> Yes, you are correct, I am using PPTP and I should have specified that > in > j> my initial e-mail. Since I am using FreeBSD with mpd at both ends of > the > j> link is preferred to disable windowing on the client side, or the > server > j> side? If possible, I would prefer to disable it on the client side > since > j> I have several Windows users who also connect to this server. > > In general it is better to disable it on server, but be ready to turn it > back if some incomaptible Windows version will want to connect. > > Thank you for all your help. I have added set pptp disable windowing in the mpd.links file and everything is humming along now. Thanks again for all your help. Jay