Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Yes, in some cases you may save up to 1% CPU power using kernel PPP.
> On the other hand, userland PPP is actively maintained, whereas
> nobody's touched kernel PPP for over a year except to keep it in sync
> with architectural changes in the kernel.
>
> Userland PPP has builtin NAT based on libalias (which does all kinds
> of magic to make active FTP and the like work across NAT). It also has
> a much nicer configuration syntax (though that may be a matter of
> personal preference).
You've sold me! My family refuse to use anything but M$ Internet
Explorer for their web/ftp needs, and the damn thing doesn't support
passive mode FTP (neither does their DOS based client for that matter).
I had to add a rule to specifically allow TCP traffic on port 20...
Thanks for the info.
-jake (obituary) Powered by FreeBSD
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