* asd asd wrote: > First of all I would like to say you hello! I have some problems on > setting up a OpenBSD box as gateway for pppoe connection. I'm using a DSL > modem running in bridge mode / well, i try > to use it :) /. PPPOE username/password are 16 character in length and i > believe this is a issue with in-kernel pppoe / only allow 9 character > usernames/passwords /, otherwise generate error in setspppname/. My provider > ain't gonna help me to change my user and pass lenght because it is illegal > to change mode of DSL modem in first place! Using userland pppoe leads to > another problems, this time with the not so unfamiliar - No Buffer space > avalible. All this experience with buffer space is identical on two PCs - > Intel Pentium 2 233mhz on i 440ex with 192MB and another Pentium [EMAIL > PROTECTED] on i440bx. NIC's are also the same - one pair rtl8139 and one > pair of 3com's 3C905B. No matter how i mix stuff i always > get overwhelmed > by the 12Mbps of my DSL. > Today i setup a [EMAIL PROTECTED] and everything run almost fine, > one hour with no problems and then about 20 > pings were lost due > buffer blah, blah. What powerfull router ei?! No thanks, i will try other > alternatives. Question is how to solve problem with user/pass > in built-in pppoe and > test to see if there is any improvement. > Maybe in 4.4 length will be expanded, but on current changelog there is no > such info. > Appreciate your help... > p.s. Sorry but my english is not so good. >
what makes you think that the pppoe(4) interface has a limit of 9 chars for the username? There is no such limit, I am using a much longer username in my /etc/hostname.pppoe0 file myself.
