From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 11:03:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3677816A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7478843D46 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:03:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 6475 invoked by uid 513); 22 Apr 2004 18:03:12 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(213.146.114.24):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.640248 secs); 22 Apr 2004 18:03:12 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 22 Apr 2004 18:03:11 -0000 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:14:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: JJB In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040422195821.W36975@pukruppa.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Jorn Argelo cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: What is PPPoed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:03:08 -0000 On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, JJB wrote: First of all: Sorry, I think I was talking nonsense: I am running a DSL connection which uses the kind of protocol that is called PPPoE and which is managed by ppp . ppp either needs netgraph (default) or pppoed (alternatively). Since netgraph is built into the kernel by default nowadays, you don't have to worry about either. Uli. > 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 | > +---------------------------+ > > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+