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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: M$ trying to rule the world (was Re: FreeBSD pppd <--> Win95 Dial-up) Date: 8 Nov 1995 18:01:24 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 27 Message-ID: <47qr9k$3ej@helena.MT.net> References: <478tqq$k7t@agate.berkeley.edu> <47at8g$bps@helena.MT.net> <47kvih$csl@push.stack.serpukhov.su> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <47kvih$csl@push.stack.serpukhov.su>, Gene Selkov, Jr. <selkovjr@pool.stack.serpukhov.su> wrote: >The solution is to disable MS proprietary data compression protocol >over PPP. There are other problems they've done with regards to DHCP as well. >I tried it with Win95 June test release and it worked fine, >except its average performance was more than two times weaker than >between Win95 and NT Server. I am almost sure MS did not change a bit >in the basic PPP implementation and I find data compression a great >feature. You are not supposed to transfer zipped files all the time, >are you? No, but you *should* use the standard compression protocol (Predictor-1 and/or BSD compress) which is accepted by the internet community. Standards are a good thing, but unfortunately M$ won't follow them unless they control them. :( Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. Wanna go fly fishing? I don't charge or home #: (406) 443-7063 | feed you, but I do know the area pretty well.