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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2002 11:21:10 +0200
From:      Andre Oppermann <oppermann@tix.ch>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Native PPPoE broken (4.6-STABLE), RP-PPPoE working?!
Message-ID:  <3D183606.BBD1DE54@tix.ch>
References:  <l74dhug4bgj2ls2s8r8gkse667tvrfos6u@4ax.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206232037520.44896-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <2trfhu0tbekq67seicn4amdovp7564ji62@4ax.com>

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Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:54:32 -0700 (PDT), in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 18:53:32 -0700 (PDT), in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
> >> wrote:
> >> >> After spending a couple of hours getting it to compile, I
> >> >> got Roaring Penguin (latest release) and pppd-3.11 compiled
> >> >> and installed on my 4.6-STABLE (June 17) box, and connected
> >> >> it just fine.  Speeds are exactly as expected, and there's
> >> >> *no* slowness at all.
> >> >
> >> >define "slowness"?
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> about 300 or 400 bytes per second (yes, bytes per second, not kBytes or
> >> kbits)
> >>
> >> >Does RP attach to 'ppp' or does it supply it's own?
> >>
> >> I think Damian had to compile an update PPPd (3.11) to make it work
> >
> >It seems hard to understand how the pppoe node in the kernel can slow
> >things down.
> 
> Here is an example
> 
> iscar% fetch ftp://ftp.sentex.net/netscape95.exe
> Receiving netscape95.exe (3512832 bytes): 100%
> 3512832 bytes transferred in 28.0 seconds (122.50 kBps)
> iscar%
> 
> But to
> 
> iscar% fetch ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.2.1/bind-9.2.1.tar.gz
> Receiving bind-9.2.1.tar.gz (5021044 bytes): 0%^C
> 24684 bytes transferred in 153.6 seconds (160.71 Bps)
> fetch: transfer interrupted
> 
> This was after about 2.5 minutes.
> 
> This same machine connected to an SMS works fine.
> 
> e.g. from my home (farther away from the CO)
> cage# fetch ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.2.1/bind-9.2.1.tar.gz
> Receiving bind-9.2.1.tar.gz (5021044 bytes): 9%^C
> 480612 bytes transferred in 4.9 seconds (95.12 kBps)
> fetch: transfer interrupted
> 
> No problems. Before deploying the machine connected to the ERX, it worked
> great against the SMS as did/does all our other deployed FreeBSD boxes.
> 
> But with Roaring Penguin installed, no problems. With a machine behind a
> ciso 827, no problem. Running LINUX, no problem.
> 
> Any thoughts on what to try next ?
> 
>         ---Mike
> 
> Mike Tancsa  (mdtancsa@sentex.net)
> Sentex Communications Corp,
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
> "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers
> could setup a national IP network." (KDW2)
> 
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There can be two problem areas:

 1) some problem in the PPPoE part (unlikely)

 2) some problem in the ppp part (probably)


I suggest 2 because with pppd it seems to work. Could you put this
into the ppp.conf and make the log available?

 set log All

-- 
Andre

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