RE: Connecting with Kppp

[SIMS, Paul, LCTL <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

kppp has a section for extra options as well - after all, it's just a front
end to pppd. Generally the mtu/mru default values are usually ok but if you
get a lot of rejected packets (and a lower thruput as result) a smaller
frame may be quicker by avoiding retries.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr A V Le Blanc [SMTP:LeBlanc [at] mcc.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 4:15 PM
> To: sheflug [at] listbot.com
> Subject: Re: Connecting with Kppp
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> On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 08:40:41AM +0100, SIMS, Paul, LCTL wrote:
> > mtu mru can be set in /etc/ppp/options.
>
> Yes, but I sometimes have had systems with ppp working fine,
> but kppp hanging. (And one system with kppp working fine and
> ppp hanging.) I've been told that there are options in these
> files that you can adjust to fix these, but you really need
> a ppp specialist to help you if you really get fouled up!
>
> Richard <r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Perhaps Owen or Ted Harding could answer this one ?
>
> Sorry to be so long about it, but I've got behind in my email
> during a hardware/software crisis.
>
> -- Owen
> LeBlanc [at] mcc.ac.uk
>
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