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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ppp freezes -- problem solved for one case
Date: 8 May 1997 12:33:47 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <3371969A.761E@onthenet.com.au>,
Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> writes:
> Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>
>> Problem is fixed by:
>>
>> disable vjcomp
>> deny vjcomp
>>
>> Using vj compression seems to work under pppd, but not with user ppp.
>
> Nope! There are problems with VJ comp even with kernel ppp (pppd). It
> seems to be what is in the TCP header that invokes the problem, with
> FreeBSD more 'susceptible' than other brands of Unix.
Nope! What Richard says is true. I'm not saying that there aren't
any problems with vj compression in pppd, but up until last night,
ppp was vj-compressing non-tcp packets.
It's now fixed in -current, and will be committed to 2.2
soon. I'll post a request to test things when I do this
commit.
[.....]
> Tony
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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