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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!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: pppd vs user PPP Date: 22 Jan 1996 20:46:07 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4e0t2f$72k@helena.MT.net> References: <mitch4DLA4FI.Ju3@netcom.com> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <mitch4DLA4FI.Ju3@netcom.com>, mitch goldstrom <mitch4@netcom.com> wrote: >Is there an advantage to using user ppp over pppd? It's generally easier to setup, and it has better support for things such as compression and PAP/CHAP, and it has support for on-demand dialing. However, the kernel mode stuff (pppd) uses less resources and is generally more stable. FWIW, I used 'ppp' for awhile locally, but I switched to pppd when I couldn't get the link to stay up. It was a little more work to setup, but I've been happy with it ever since. 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. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth