Re: PPTP/PPPoE mpd/poptop performance

From: Iasen Kostov (tbyte_at_OTEL.net)
Date: 10/28/04

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To: Pawel Malachowski <pawmal-posting@freebsd.lublin.pl>

    Pawel Malachowski wrote:

    >On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 03:38:08PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>I'd suggest to choose PPPoE, not PPTP, because the latter is quite
    >>complicated and violated by some client implementation. You will
    >>not find any problems with PPPoE, since ng_pppoe is compatible with
    >>all known PPPoE implementations.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >This is what I am currently looking at. I am considering PPTP only because
    >client is already available in Windows machines for free. While in XP PPPoE
    >is already in, I don't see free PPPoE clients for Win9x.
    >I am a bit worried about behaviour in lossy WiFi environments; I'll give it
    >a try in free time, I guess.
    >
    >
    >
        I use them both(PPTP and PPPoE) on every machine serving as access
    concentrator - and leave decision of "what to use" to the client side :).
    (btw there are PPPoE clients for win98 - RASPPPoE it was I think).

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