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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel PPP v's User PPP on 386 as router
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 19:09:39 +0000
Organization: Erol's Internet Services
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Nigel Gorry wrote:
> 
> I have a 386DX-40 that I'm using as a router between my Ethernet LAN and a PPP
> connection to the Internet.
> 
> I was wondering which PPP implementation (kernel or user) would be more
> efficient in this situation.  The PPP link is permanent, with fixed IP address.
> 
> The 386 is also used as a mail server and DNS server for the internal LAN.
> 

I use pppd for my full-time connection. It works fine for me. I was
never able to get iijppp to cleanly dial my ISP and then keep the
connection. (I'm sure there's a way, somehow, but pppd was easier for me
to set up and tweak.)
-- 
Ken

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