[pptp-server] Re: PoPToP and stability

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>It's a uni, I have some problems with the 2.4.x kernel on my other
>boxes aswell, when i ssh to it it just hangs for a while sometimes, I have
>heard from friends that they have the same problem though.. must be a 2.4.x
>bug :/

Haven't had any other network issues with 2.4.x other than with PPTP.  The 2.4.x
supports seven LTSP X/Helix GNOME workstations so I know that networking is
otherwise pretty solid (the NIC hardly drops below 3M/sec ever, and spikes a lot
higher).

>I will upgrade my pppd/ppptd later on to se if the problem consists.
>So you use a SMP box, how many users are using VPN?

The SMP box is the PPTP client.  And is definitely where the problem is.

The PopTop server is an IBM PS/2 Value point with a 33Mhz 386 and 20Mb of RAM. 
Humms along happily with 4~7 VPN users, and at his point has 407 days of
uptime.  It sits on the end of a T1 and Cisco 1600R router.

>when it comes to load on the server I have no clue what it takes to run
>a pptpd server... 

Almost nothing.