On Tuesday 11 July 2006 23:53, James Cameron wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 01:18:33PM +0100, Jorge Daniel Sequeira Matias wrote: > > I have tried pppd v2.4.4 and didn't see any problem because with > > 2.6.17.1 I have a new problem. > > With 2.6.17.1, the "pptpctrl" processes, are heating all the CPU even > > if the VPN user traffic is low (like 40kbits/sec). > > I'm the maintainer of pptpctrl. Could you describe this problem > technically please? Write to poptop-server@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > We do not have a goal of cooling a CPU, so heating is expected. Sorry for my English. What I meant was it as consuming all the CPU process time. Meanwhile I saw a reference to this problem in this e-mail "2.6.18-rc1-mm1 - VPN chewing CPU like crazy.." in http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/8 But I have only seen the problem starting with 2.6.17.1 > > I think this new problem is hiding the "pppd" problem because the > > VPN server is so slow that less people establishes connections. The > > OS network is now very lagged ... > > You've given your perceptions but not any measurements. To obtain > measurements, downgrade to the previous configuration and do some tests. > We have test scripts in pptpd and pptp CVS. Unfortunatly I have no time at the moment to do any tests. For now I will be with my old setup. I'll get back to this subject during August. Thank you for your attention. Regards, Jorge Matias - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html