Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. PPPoA (with native IPv6)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
From: Steve Woodford <steve@mctavish.co.uk>
List: regional-london
Date: 05/03/2006 16:38:13
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 15:29, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> Searching for a better solution I found the Linksys ADSL2MUE. Besides
> being a very simple ADSL router it can also act in "Bridge Mode".
> While running in this mode it will look out for PPPoE (PPP over
> Ethernet) packets on its ethernet interface and send them out as
> PPPoA (PPP over ATM) packets over its ADSL interface and vice versa.
Sounds nice. Though I assume your MTU suffers?
> This setup works reliable and fast
> (getting the ADSL router out of the IP routing improved ping times by
> a few milliseconds)
Out of interest, what is your current ping time?
Cheers, Steve