[pptp-server] GRE Errors.

[Joe Ward]

Okay so I downloaded 1.1.2 and compiled and installed it.

it seems a little faster on the file transfers using smb than it was before 
and the e-mail sending is better too

my question is.   any way to turn off the Buffering packet messages?   I 
really don't care to fill the logs up with packet reordering stuff.   my 
net sucks and I have lots of reordering (heck it still can't reorder all 
the packets) and I know it.  so the server doesn't need to tell me this ;)

I hope you can help ;)

-Joe Ward


At 3/14/2001 01:36 PM, Christopher Tresco wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The devel version of pptp from poptop.lineo.com supports out of order
>packets.  I have heard that this version of pptpd is stable.  Try it.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pptp-server-admin at lists.schulte.org
> > [mailto:pptp-server-admin at lists.schulte.org]On Behalf Of Joe Ward
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:34 PM
> > To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> > Subject: [pptp-server] GRE Errors.
> >
> >
> > I have pptpd setup on my redhat 6.2 box
> >
> > everything works just fine (browsing, forwarding,etc.) my problem
> > is that I
> > am getting some major GRE errors
> >
> > here is just a snippet:
> >
> > Mar 14 10:06:22 liquid pptpd[11833]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
> > opening
> > GRE)
> > Mar 14 10:06:22 liquid pptpd[11833]: GRE: Discarding duplicate packet
> > Mar 14 10:06:58 liquid pptpd[11833]: GRE: Discarding out of order packet
> >
> > and this is just from sending a single e-mail message.  I can go back and
> > dig up logs were I get like 30 or 40 of them in a row when I try to
> > transfer a file or get a web page.  obviously discarding packets is going
> > to slow down my connection.  But I don't know if it's bad enough
> > to have to
> > worry about it.  or is this just something that happens.
> >
> > there are 16 hops between the two 1/2 of them are campus routers for the
> > fiber optic backbone and such.
> >
> > for background:
> >
> > Server:
> > Pptpd 1.0.1 patched for mschap
> > pppd 2.3.11 patched for encryption
> > redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.16-3
> > Trinity OS firewall modified to allow for the pptp traffic to be
> > forwarded
> > and such.
> > Cable modem (@home)
> >
> > Workstation:
> > Toshiba Laptop
> > Win2k SP1
> > IE5.5 SP1
> > on Standard Ethernet on MSU campus
> >
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