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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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