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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:37:51 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@cell.sick.ru>
To:        Emil Filipov <tie@einet.bg>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPPOE server with pppoed and mppe
Message-ID:  <20040116103751.GB91637@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <006301c3dc1b$da479d60$6e00a8c0@filipov>
References:  <006301c3dc1b$da479d60$6e00a8c0@filipov>

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:31:00PM +0200, Emil Filipov wrote:
E> I am trying to configure a secure pppoe server.So far it works perfectly with Windows clients authenticating with MSChapv2. However, if MPPE is negotiated, the client receives only about 1/4th(30-40 kbytes/s) of the bandwidth available while downloading. 
E> Download seem 'leapy' : it starts with high speed , then for a second or two it stops completely then it bursts again. I'm not quite sure why this happens, but everything goes back to normal when mppe is turned off. I assume that this is due to the re-initialised key on every 256th packet. Anybody seen that? 
E> I tried different key lengths for the mppe but nothing changed. I haven't tried the stateless encryption though, beacuse the clients reject it.

Why don't you try /usr/ports/net/mpd instead of pppoed+ppp? 

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