From owner-freebsd-net Sun Oct 3 3:47:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch [62.48.0.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D4921554D for ; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 03:45:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oppermann@pipeline.ch) Received: (qmail 92428 invoked from network); 3 Oct 1999 10:45:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pipeline.ch) ([195.134.128.182]) (envelope-sender ) by mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 3 Oct 1999 10:45:42 -0000 Message-ID: <37F73424.3578DBB@pipeline.ch> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 12:47:00 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG, louie@uu.net Subject: Re: PPPoE testers please. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Julian Elischer wrote: > > More questions.. > > Should a FreeBSd box running PPPoE be able to run multiple PPPoE sessions? > (i.e. each with a different Session_ID) Yes. FreeBSD schould be running on the PPPoE gateway/server too! ;-) > Can there be multiple sessions to the same AC requesting the same > Service, from the same host? I don't know. > What about differnt services? > (what ARE the possible services?) One PPPoE to the ISP/Online Service and one to your Corp. LAN... etc. > Might multiple ISPs offer ppp session services on the same cable, > competing with each other? Yes. PPPoE is not only used for Cable but also for xDSL in some places. For example Deutsche Telekom does PPPoE over ADSL (which works as an bridge and uses then ATM) for their T-Offline online service. -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message