MLPPP Stability?

MLPPP Stability?
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anon @ 7th Nov 02:14AM:
MLPPP Stability?

Hi,

I was wondering, since Teksavvy started "officially" supporting MLPPP a few months back, have people had any problems/complaints after being switched over?

I may be interested in switching to MLPPP, but was wondering if anyone had any problems/complaints regarding degradation of service/speed? My main concern would be stability of the line (that is, I can always be online when I need to be, with no unexpected dropping of connections).

Thanks!
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CoverIt @ 7th Nov 11:02AM:
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MLPPP does not change any line conditions. If you were stable before you will be stable now, if you were unstable you will still be unstable.
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pablo2525 @ 7th Nov 08:06AM:
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Howdy,

I've been using MLPPP for many months (before and after it's been officially supported) and I've never had any issues. It's rock solid.

Cheers,
-pablo
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kewlkeed @ 7th Nov 08:36AM:
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Rock solid. Running a 6 Link stack with zero issues.
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HiVolt @ 7th Nov 09:23AM:
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I only run single-link, but it's been rock solid since the dedicated equipment for it. Currently connected for 55 days when I last rebooted my router for some config changes.
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DragonSpyre @ 7th Nov 09:33AM:
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Hello and welcome to the MLPPP family of fun. I have been using MLPPP over 6 months now on a dual link and have had not one issue what so ever. Welcome to the world of unthrottled stability.
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distr0 @ 7th Nov 11:42AM:
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it's been great for me since the new tomato/mlppp release. had random router reboots before that.
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milnoc @ 7th Nov 12:22PM:
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Working perfectly. I have two connections at work running off MLPPP, which have been receiving a 2.5 Mbps test broadcast stream from my datacenter servers for the last few days. While I've had the occasional drop-out, there have been no complete disconnections whatsoever.

BTW, the datacenter's router is a $55 Asus router loaded with the non-MLPPP version of Tomato 1.25. Works like a charm.
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HiVolt @ 7th Nov 06:53PM:
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said by HiVolt :

Currently connected for 55 days when I last rebooted my router for some config changes.

Haha, I think someone is playing a dirty joke and reset my connection after I posted that, lol...

Status 1 of 1 Connected
MLPPP Single-link
Connection Uptime 0 days, 08:40:37
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slimeblob @ 7th Nov 08:03PM:
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As soon as I switched to the "@wiredhighspeed" address with MLPPP support, my browsing speed took a serious hit. And since then, whenever I use torrents, my browsing speed becomes absolutely horrible (like dial-up, except with very frequent "connection timed out" errors).

It's apparently not a common issue, but I know for a fact that the switch to official MLPPP caused it. It was fine, I switched and the problems were there right away.

Ah well... it's either that or be throttled down to less than 10% of my regular speed. I recently downloaded half a dozen free video games that the company distributed via torrent, around 400 MBs each, and it would have taken forever without MLPPP.
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anon @ 7th Nov 10:09PM:
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said by HiVolt :

Haha, I think someone is playing a dirty joke and reset my connection after I posted that, lol...

It was probably Rick slipping on a banana peel and smashing the keyboard in the process. :)
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zadigre @ 8th Nov 02:11PM:
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said by slimeblob :

As soon as I switched to the "@wiredhighspeed" address with MLPPP support, my browsing speed took a serious hit. And since then, whenever I use torrents, my browsing speed becomes absolutely horrible (like dial-up, except with very frequent "connection timed out" errors).

it looks like a MTU issue...

Which Tomato/MLPPP version are you using?
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slimeblob @ 8th Nov 04:11PM:
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It says "1.19-mp2"

I never changed the MTU, though, and my connection (was doing MLPPP with the unofficial MLPPP support) was fine before I switched. I'm not knowledgeable when it comes to these things, but why would the same MTU value work with unofficial MLPPP support but not with the official one? I know they're different, obviously, but as far as I know we weren't given any particular instructions along with the login change.

It's quite irritating, but what can I do? When a problem appears the first logical step is find out what changed, but here, the only thing that did is something I have absolutely no power over.

Anyway, just a little warning that sometimes you get unlucky doing something apparently trivial. Most people are fine switching to MLPPP support, but nothing is risk-free.
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zadigre @ 8th Nov 06:09PM:
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you should definitively download and installe the latest unstable build... all default settings are configured correctly...

If you upgrade don't forget to erase all data in NVRAM to make sure that the new firmware runs with the correct settings. you do this in Administration, configuration, Restore Default Configuration section.

it says unstable... but I'm using it since it was released and I never had a single problem with it.
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