On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 21:36 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 11:03 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > > First of all, you do not want to use DHCP. The actual name of what is > > hapening > > is called MPLS and it to be blunt sucks. The extra overhead of a pptp or > > more likely l2tp tunnel is IMHO worth it, although if you are at the edge > > of latency problems it will agrevate them. > > > > I beg to differ. > A. The client isn't effected by the use of MPLS. (Beyond reduce the MTU > size by... 4-8 bytes?) > > B. PPTP is semi-OK, but L2TP? How can you compare the comfort of not > having a dialer, L2TP complex dialing scripts, PPP configurations and > the need to monitor the Internet connection for disconnects to having an > out of the box DHCP support?!?!? > > As long as you have a -stable- line, DHCP is -far- better. > > - Gilboa
.. And I'm talking about the dialer (!!!) and not the underline modem->BRAS->ISP protocol(s). Do remember that unlike PPTP/L2TP, as far as my firewall is concerned (which connects directly over Ethernet to the HOT modem), I'm using normal IP-over-Ethernet to connect to the Internet (with somewhat lower MTU). - Gilboa ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
