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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:17:18 +0200
From:      John Angelmo <john@veidit.net>
To:        Mark Koskenmaki <bsdlists@nwbombers.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPPoE
Message-ID:  <3D40329E.30806@veidit.net>
References:  <000501c23406$c257b050$0a81c441@tyler> <010801c233f1$fc9d5720$0702a8c0@win98>

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Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
> I would like to secure (that is, keep people from getting access through or
> past) my wireless network.    Is anyone familiar with using PPPoE on a
> windows (98, 2K, XP, ME) to connect to a freebsd based PPPoE "server"?
> 
> I have no idea how it would be done, but it seems like a very sensible and
> slick idea to overcome the limitations of 802.11b network (in)security.
> 
> Anyone?   (consider me a total newbie, here)
> 
> 
> 

PPPoE isn't recomended for this since it's so easy to spoof, my 
recomendation is a VPN connection.

/John


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