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Date:      Fri, 1 Oct 1999 01:45:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   PPPoE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9910010136440.27808-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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It seems more and more ADSL providers in the US are moving from bridged
IP over ethernet to PPP over Ethernet as they dump whatever clunky
solutions they started with and move to the RedBack "subscriber management
system".  The idea it seems is to simulate the familiar dialup connection.
This lets you hand out dynamic addresses, dump idle users, discourage
servers, track usage, hamper NAT, and (the relevant part) discourage
people from connecting with anything but "supported" OS's.

Is there anyone actively working on PPPoE for FreeBSD?  I don't like the
whole concept of wrapping so many frames inside each other, but it would
be a shame if a bunch of folks with FBSD gateways for their home nets had
to move to Win98 and its' ICS (Internet Connection Sharing).  Blech.

Could user/kernel ppp be modified?  How does this work anyhow?  Is there
an ethernet frame type for PPPoE?  How close do you have to get to the
ethernet driver to send PPPoE frames? Can any existing PPP implementations
easily handle a few megabits/sec on older hardware?

Thanks,

Charles



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