MLPPP setup help

bonnecomm

I have 9 ethernet ports on my Athlon XP 1800+ system. sis0 is built in and is the LAN.
In the console, I set up WAN to vge0, OPT1 to vge1, OPT2 to vge2, OPT3 to vge3 and so on up to OPT7 for vge7.

In the WebConfigurator, I set up WAN as pppoe0 with "vge0,vge1,vge2,vge3,vge4,vge5,vge6".

It's working and it seems all right but a bit slower than expected. Would the system be expected to work better if I deleted OPT1-OPT6?

clarknova

@bonnecomm:

Would the system be expected to work better if I deleted OPT1-OPT6?

Are you using the OPT interfaces to log into the modems? If you're not using them at all then you may as well delete them, but I don't see why it would help anything if your speeds are slow. I have a similar setup and it works fine.

In my experience, if you have speed issues with MLPPP then it usually comes down to one of
-a low DSL sync rate on one or more modem
-packet loss on one or more modem
-mtu/mru/mrru misconfiguration

Also in my experience, you're likely to get more help troubleshooting MLPPP issues in forums where there are more MLPPP users, such as the Teksavvy forum on dslreports.com. That's where you'll get more help with the troubleshooting and concepts, then you come back here if necessary for details on implementation (although there are plenty of pfsense and freebsd mlppp users in the other forums too).