RE: Performance of PPPOE in FreeBSD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evilham <contact@evilham.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:49
> To: driesm.michiels@gmail.com
> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Performance of PPPOE in FreeBSD
> 
> 
> On dl., set. 20 2021, driesm.michiels@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi net mailing list,
> >
> >
> >
> > Currently at my parrents house we have just a cable modem where I use
> > DHCPv6 and DHCP to get a IPv6 prefix and IPv4 address respectivelly.
> >
> > For this config everything is done in the kernel regarding routing.
> > The ISP is Telenet and they give me 300 down / 20 up (mbps).
> >
> >
> >
> > But I really want a higher upload in my future appartment where
> > I will be
> > moving is *soonTm*.
> >
> > So looking for ISP's in Belgium, Proximus seems to provide a
> > fibre plan (if
> > fibre is available, but it should be) that does 500 down / 50 up
> > (mbps).
> >
> > They use PPPOE and was wondering what the max troughput looks
> > like with the
> > in-base PPPOE client?
> >
> > I have also found some mentions of net/mpd5, is this a better
> > implementation?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dries
> 
> I wrote my experience with PPPoE for a dual-stack FreeBSD router
> back in very late 2019 here:
> https://evilham.com/en/blog/2019-FreeBSD-eXO-router/ it might save
> you some trouble.
> 
> Not much has changed since I wrote that, just as others mentioned:
> mpd5 is kind of a must, performance gets much better just by using
> mpd5. FWIW my home fiber runs at 600Mbps without any issues (only
> limited by the wholesale provider).

And is that with the in-base client or with net/mpd5?

> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Evilham