[pptp-server] Severe performance problems

[George Vieira]

I'm just saying that the speed problems people are experiencing isn't to do
with the multiple passes through the kernel to encrypt/decrypt the
information. Alot of people here are using PIII 800Mhz and up and I'm sure
it would suffice the 500Kb/s people are at least expecting from their large
link...

I'm only running a Celeron 400Mhz and 128MB ram and it's handling fine
without encryption. (Haven't been able to compile MPPE yet, damn Kernel
Panics....)...


thanks,
George Vieira
Systems Manager
Citadel Computer Systems P/L


-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Brady [mailto:charlieb at e-smith.com]
Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2001 8:19 AM
To: George Vieira
Cc: Gianluca Insolvibile; pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
Subject: RE: [pptp-server] Severe performance problems



On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, George Vieira wrote:

> Yes this sounds true but rememeber alot of people having speed problems
have
> switched off encryption and it still made no difference so that can't be
the
> problem.

Encryption was only one component of the issues I mentioned. From what you 
say, it is a negligable component.

And as someone noted, the encryption alrogith is RC4, not triple DES.

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