Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:35:25 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Rob <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ADSL: Using mpd(8) for PPPoE Message-ID: <20030609053525.GA9298@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <005d01c32e47$dc282500$a4b826cb@goo> References: <005d01c32e47$dc282500$a4b826cb@goo>
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--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:57:45PM +0930, Rob wrote: > Listfolks, >=20 > I'm trying to connect a Netgear DM602 modem to my FreeBSD 4.8 firewall. > I haven't used PPP over Ethernet before, and I'm not making much > progress. >=20 > The Handbook[1] talks about using ppp(8) and netgraph modules. Renaud > Waldura has written an excellent tutorial[2] on this, and I also found a > guide[3] to using ppp with Telstra (which is my provider). >=20 > But there seems to be a question about whether ppp(8) is the best > approach. The benchmarks for 'usermode PPPoE' at [4] are very > disappointing, and they mention mpd as a better option. And when reading > about FreeBSD+ADSL in Austria[5], I came across this comment: >=20 > Another way to setup such a connection is using the netgraph-system > and the mpd package, which is a little more "BSD style" and is (in > my experience) more stable than pptp-client. >=20 > So I looked at /usr/ports/net/mpd and it handles all the ppp traffic in > kernel using netgraph, which seems like a good approach. The > documentation is very thorough and there's lots of sample > configurations. ppp(8) also uses netgraph for PPPoE. Anyway, are you sure you need to worry about mpd? My Pentium 120 router handles my 1.5MBit ADSL at full speed with ppp(8)'s pppoe. Kris --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+5BydWry0BWjoQKURAjd9AKDvYR1manQ15ExAATMKpa6ODSvR7wCfal5b zODc8SiPkGE/tMO2aWBwR1Y= =Zis1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--
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