[plug]RH6 install Poblems with ppp

[Matt Kemner]

On Sat, 15 May 1999 cthart at gbs.com.au wrote:

> Most PPP implementations would include support for at least some of the
> compression techniques. PPP includes negotatiating what compression to use, so
> it does make sense to include all the possible serial and PPP compression
> modules.
 
I toyed with bsd compression for a while, and found it was a waste of CPU
time, because the bulk of the data coming down my modem is already
compressed.

(ie gifs and jpgs from the webpages I read, and the .debs, .tgz etc from
the software I download)

 - Matt