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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!pipex-sa.net!iafrica.com!uct.ac.za!not-for-mail From: smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (S Marquard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: pppd performance worse than ppp (28.8 line)? Date: 26 Jul 1996 07:17:32 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4t9kdc$f57@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucthpx.uct.ac.za Summary: Is it possible to get pppd to perform like ppp? Keywords: pppd performance throughput ppp X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I have found that using pppd on both sides of a PPP link running over 28.8 Microcom modems (configured with MNP10, V42bis) produces worse performance than using user-ppp. Specifically, PPPD produces a max throughput of 2.7k/s on an FTP, while PPP gets at least 3.1k/s. The problem seems to be the client side, as the server side uses pppd in both cases. Are there ways of configuring pppd to get better performance from it? I'm using the default settings in both cases, but have tried switching off compression in pppd (throughput drops to 2.3k/s), and changing the mtu/mru, with no effect. Any suggestions? Stephen scm@silver.wcape.school.za smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za