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- From: eajjs@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (john.sottile)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp
- Subject: Re: PPP for Dos machines
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.023958.2167@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 02:39:58 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.225552.519@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.225552.519@sol.cs.wmich.edu> stempien@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Brian Stempien) writes:
- >Ok, I have looked at several questions posted along these lines and thought
- >I would ask one myself to summarize.
- >
- >I would like all infomration on PPP for dos machines. I know ka9q exists,
- >but I would like a packet driver that I can use with other software. I have
-
- [misc stuff deleted]
-
- If you find this, please post where you got it :-)
-
- >
- >On another note, which of the freeware ( I think that is as close to a
- >description as I can get ) PPP implimentaions for UNIX machines is best?
- >I am setting up PPP for several of our professors here, and would like to
- >know which one to use. The hardware is Sun4/110's and Sun IPC's, with
- >generic modems. I am looking for ease of installation and reliability.
-
- I use ppp-sparc4.1.1 and I like it a lot. I have a Telebit t2500 talking
- to a t3000 hooked to a Telebit Netblazer (Dialup Router).
-
- >Also, will PPP handle NFS traffic over the link? Well I have taken up
- >enough bandwith, responses by email will be summarized. Thanks for
- >everyones time.
-
- You can use NFS over the link. It is slow and you do have to "tune it."
- In my application (SS1+ t2500 - t3000 Netblazer), I had to tune NFS
- like this:
- host:/home /home nfs rw,hard,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,timeo=150 0 0
-
- The timeout of 15 seconds and the reduced read size/write size make it
- usable to a degree (~1.3-1.6Kbytes/second compared to 1.8Kbytes/s for
- rcp -- a limitation of the 19.2Kbps I locked the serial port to). I had
- to do things via NFS since I have a data file on the host that controls
- an application I use. It works well, considering the slow speed. As far
- as tunign NFS for the slow links, I would highly recommend the O'Reilly
- book "Managing NFS and NIS." It has a performance section which
- helps immensely.
-
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