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Subject: Re: What is PPPoed?
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I believe it's dialup service for DSL lines (Point to Point Protocol over 
ethernet daemon? Just a wild guess though) So if you have a DSL line which 
requires the user to dial in, you'll need PPPoed. Otherwise, if your ISP 
gives you an peminent IP address, you can just set your interface to DHCP or 
anything else the ISP requires.

Cheers,

Jorn

On Thursday 22 April 2004 15:11, JJB wrote:
> I read the man pppoed, but that is so cryptic I got nothing out of
> it.
>
> What is the purpose of PPPoed?
>
> Who are the typical users?
>
> How is this different than using ppp with
> 'set device PPPoE:XXX' in the ppp.conf
>
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