I have a laptop that has a 56k6 pcmcia modem and runs debian testing. PPP does work, but when I use an 2.4.22 kernel that I compiled myself, the connection is very slow: only 1.5 kbyte/s for a compressed file. If I use a standard 2.4.22 debian kernel, I get 3.5 kbyte/s, which is still somewhat slow.
I compiled the following kernel options as modules: CONFIG_PPP, CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC, CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE en CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP. When I dial in with me new kernel, the following modules are loaded: ppp_deflate 3544 0 (autoclean) zlib_inflate 18564 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] zlib_deflate 18648 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] bsd_comp 4376 0 (autoclean) ppp_async 7744 1 (autoclean) ppp_generic 16484 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async] slhc 5248 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] serial_cs 5300 0 (unused) ds 7028 2 [serial_cs] yenta_socket 10848 2 pcmcia_core 41280 0 [serial_cs ds yenta_socket] If I use the standard debian kernel, zlib_inflate is not loaded, but I do not think one extra module will hurt. My ppp options file looks like this: asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock hide-password modem debug proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx An extra deflate 15,12 option makes no difference. Here is finally my ppp log file: Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: kernel does not support PPP filtering Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>] Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>] Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 62.21.128.29>] Nov 6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 62.21.128.29>] Nov 6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x1 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] Nov 6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3 213.218.75.91>] Nov 6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3 213.218.75.91>] Nov 6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3 213.218.75.91>] >From line 4 I conclude that pppd does trie to negotiate deflate compression, but in >the aswers I don't see anything about deflate. When I remove the bsd_comp and/or zlib_inflate modules the download speed is not affected, so the are proably not used even though the are loaded. I hope somebody can help me with this tough problem: it took me already two evenings. Martijn Brouwer Physics is a approximate description of a part of the physical phenomena, that are only a small portion of human perceptions. H Casimir, Dutch Physicist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
