Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 22:18:39 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Bernie Doehner <bad@uhf.wireless.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Transition from modem PPP to PPPoE Message-ID: <3ACBF21F.72FB2076@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104011117360.608-100000@uhf.wireless.net>
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Bernie Doehner wrote:
>
> Certain tunneling implementations use PPPoe.
I'm well aware of that. These are generally referred to as "bad" or "stupid"
tunnels, because PPPoE is such a wasteful protocol. Unless you really need
to route IPX, AppleTalk, or DECnet packets across the tunnel, in which case
it's no worse than anything else.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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