Subject: PPP stupidity (again)
To: Port-i386 <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/24/1999 21:27:43
This was discussed on the list before, but AFAIK, the problem hasn't been
fixed:
When some site is sending high-priority packets through a PPP link, all
other packet types are completely blocked. Normally, the high-priority
packets are used by interactive connections, but I just ran into another
ftp site that sends out all the packets with the interactive flag set.
This blocks all other connections AND the PPP link LCP packets. I have
configured PPP to drop the connection and restart it if the LCP packets
aren't getting through - so, during this 4 MB data transfer, my PPP
connection has been dropped about 15 times.
Has this been fixed? If not, it _should_ be fixed. This "feature" makes
the PPP link drop all the time when using ftp sites like this. Or, if
someone decides to flood a PPP link with high-priority packets, the link
will be totally unusable.
Sigh.
-jm