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Date:      Wed, 01 Mar 2000 08:17:34 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: your mail (PPP) 
Message-ID:  <200003010817.IAA00496@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net>  of "Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:48:58 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002281447180.5444-100000@barricuda.bsd.nws.net> 

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> > I've noticed that when I use ppp -nat, on my 56k modem, the load average of
> > the system seems to be a bit go high, when I ftp files across it. The cpu
> > (PII 400) is more then sufficiently powered to handle nat and ppp over a
> > modem. Nor is system paging to swap.
> > 
> > Anyone else noticed similar load averages? Top doesn't seem to provide any
> > evidence of ppp, being stuck in a busy loop.
> 
> Yes. My gateway machine floats between 1.25 and 1.85. I'm also running a
> distributed.net client.

Compression is quite expensive.  If you're not negotiating CCP I'd be 
quite surprised if the increased load average was even noticable.

> ---
> Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> <kris@nospam.hiwaay.net>    |    
> -------------------------------------------------------
> "God gave them the ability to reproduce...
> 	... Science gave us the hope they won't." -KBK

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
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