On 06/07/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> > Last week I had the same problem switching to T-DSL. Unfortunately I
> > didn't
> > have time for debugging and left it with userland pppoe. But I would
> like
> > also
> > to use the kernel one.
>
> Thanks for all suggestions so far.
> I4ll "investigate" it in the evening or some hours (depends to the work).
>
> For now I can and will point out the followring:
> The userland pppd simply just sucks.
> Sorry but it becomes realy kind of unuseable if you`ve a... "faster" line.
>
> I had a 2MBit ADSL-Connection (192kbit/s upload) and had no problem.
> Now I`ve a 18Mbit line (max, mostly 6-9) and 100kb/s (not kbit) up.
>
> What did I noticed?
> I used the binary-stuff for the only Windows-Mashine I4ve and got: ~8mbit
> and ~102kb up. With OpenBSD and userland pppoe I just get ~4-5Mbit and max
> ~12kb upload.
> I think it`s a huge difference between ~100kb and 12kb and I didn`t know
> that the userland pppoe sucks so badly.
>
> I just wanted to point it out because I exspected a difference but I never
> belived it would be so huge. I exspect also ~100kb upload using
> kernel-pppoe (after I managed it int he evening).
>
> I wont blame the developers because they offen said the userland pppoe has
> a lot overhead but that`s simply a bad joke. :-(
>
> But I hope the kernel-pppoe will provide me nearly the same bandwith like
> the Windows-pppoe-Tool. :-)
> So if you4ve a DSL-connection wich is maybe faster then 4Mbit.. use the
> kernel pppoe (even I don4t know how good it performs). :)
I run the kernel pppoe on a 7616/448 kbps dsl link.
It works just fine and performance is good in both directions.
Well, as good as one can expect from PPPoE over ATM...
/Tony
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Tony Sarendal - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-= The scorpion replied,
"I couldn't help it, it's my nature" =-
