mpd 3.18 and FreeBSD 6.0

[jhall at vandaliamo.net]

> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 06:57:23PM -0000, jhall at vandaliamo.net wrote:
> j> > I guess you are using PPTP, although this word is absent in your
> mail. mpd
> j> > can support different protocols, so reporting what you are actually
> using
> j> > is important.
> j> >
> j> > The PPTP protocol has a terrible idea - windowing, that degradates
> tunnel
> j> > performance a lot. In FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ng_pptpgre(4) didn't
> support
> j> > windowing at all. In modern FreeBSD ng_pptpgre(4) supports windowing.
> In
> j> > mpd windowing is turned on by default. This is done because some
> modern
> j> > MS Windows versions will refuse to connect if windowing is disabled.
> I
> j> > think, that if you disable windowing in mpd config, your performance
> will
> j> > come back.
> j> >
> j> Yes, you are correct, I am using PPTP and I should have specified that
> in
> j> my initial e-mail.  Since I am using FreeBSD with mpd at both ends of
> the
> j> link is preferred to disable windowing on the client side, or the
> server
> j> side?  If possible, I would prefer to disable it on the client side
> since
> j> I have several Windows users who also connect to this server.
>
> In general it is better to disable it on server, but be ready to turn it
> back if some incomaptible Windows version will want to connect.
>
>
Thank you for all your help.  I have added set pptp disable windowing in
the mpd.links file and everything is humming along now.  Thanks again for
all your help.


Jay