Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:34:49 -0400 From: "JJB" <Barbish3@adelphia.net> To: "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>, "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: What is PPPoed? Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEJGFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <20040422193032.D36975@pukruppa.net>
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If you do not use it directly, then why is there rc.conf statements to enable it just like you would enable user ppp? Pppoed_enable="YES" It's more than a behind the scenes module. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa [mailto:root@pukruppa.de] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:33 PM To: Jorn Argelo Cc: Barbish3@adelphia.net; questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is PPPoed? On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Jorn Argelo wrote: > I believe it's dialup service for DSL lines (Point to Point Protocol over > ethernet daemon? Just a wild guess though) Yes it is. But you don't use it directly, it is a part of the ppp "package". Uli. > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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