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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 18:13:45 +0000
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To: User Ernie <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au>
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Subject: Re: PCI ADSL card and PPPoA
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On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 11:32:55PM +1000, User Ernie wrote:
> Is it possible to use some like ng_ppp  and mpd to hook to this card so I
> can establish a PPPoA session? If so can anyone suggest an mpd config?

Far simpler; if it supports the NATM API, you should be able to run
userland ppp to begin with over it. This is documented in the Handbook
now. Whilst userland PPP is 'teh suck', for the purposes of verifying that
your configuration is working, it's useful.

BMS