Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:56:46 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: cshenton@uucom.com (Chris Shenton) Cc: dave@comsite.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mpd + EQL, Livingston PM2 MLLB, alternatives? mpd load high? Message-ID: <199811091656.IAA01819@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <8690hkx1vl.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> from Chris Shenton at "Nov 9, 98 11:33:02 am"
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Chris Shenton writes: > If mpd works with Livingston PM2 POTS, I'll probably bail on the old > FreeBSD box I installed there to use as my endpoint for mpd -- might > save me some complexity and trouble. But I know the PM2 will only do > MLLB, not MLPPP over POTS... I agree with Dave.. real MPP is preferred, but if you can't have that then try the patch. > The mpd-1.0b5 code's dated from about Dec'97. Would you still > recommend it or is user-land PPP up to snuff for multi-link/line? Brian's user-land ppp now supports MPP as you know, and he is more active in maintaining it, if you plan to have a lot of questions & problems :-) > Archie: I notice mpd with one line is consuming 10-15% of my 486-66 > CPU when doing stuff like CVSUP or FTP downloads. Is this normal? Due > to the link compression? Will it increase as I add lines? The 486 is > pretty much dedicated to being a dialup/router so this isn't a big > concern but it does indicate scalability problems if I try to > increase lines (or use even older hardware :-) That's probably more or less normal.. the negative side of doing it all in user-land. > If you're mpd'ing into a FreeBSD box, how are you getting it to > advertise the routes? When I use pppd, I have gated advertising the > route to my /28 home net, but when I use mpd, it does not. I must have > something mal-configured cuz when I mpd (single-line) into the PM2, it > advertises the route no problem. A sample gated.conf would be very > helpful if you've got one. I do everything with static routes in general.. eg, set iface route default to install/deinstall a default route every time the link is brought up/down. mpd automatically handles dynamic IP, etc. I think gated should pick up mpd's static route changes.. though you may need to configure gated to better "respect" static routes..? -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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