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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news2.cais.com!cais.cais.com!mcgraw From: Michael Curry <mcgraw@cais.cais.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "login" option in pppd Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:40:16 -0500 Organization: Capital Area Internet Service, Inc. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960329112929.24610B-100000@cais.cais.com> References: <4imje2$shc@daily-planet.execpc.com> <4iuirn$hoh@news2.cais.com> <199603291622.AAA24253@opera.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199603291622.AAA24253@opera.iinet.net.au> On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, Tibor Sashegyi wrote: > In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc you write: > > >Uh-oh. If you MUST (and please, don't: use interactive ppp) use > > Hi there, > > most people seems to think that user land ppp is better than pppd. > Why ? I tried the user land version and after some problems started > with pppd and seem to have no problems. What are the advantages of > the ppp over pppd ? User ppp has more status and connection information available from the user prompt. It is also (my opinion) a bit quicker as far as throughput is concerned. Since I do not use a dedicated (24 hour) connection at home, when I am whiling away those unproductive evening hours, I prefer to use the ppp -auto mode to my ISP (the other one, fred.net). However, if I had a class C address at home, I would probably use the daemon, pppd, for 24-hour connection. User ppp has a disconcerting habit of timing out and disconnecting -- which may be the result of an error in my settings, defaults, or something. Also, the "on-demand" feature is not responsive at all times, it seems. Also, let's not forget that ppp is not compiled into the generic kernel. Since I can't even figure out how to disklabel a second drive, you can just imagine me trying to recompile the kernel. ;-) Now, watch me get 50 e-notes explaining how to compile the kernel, and not one on how to make sense out of disktab. :)