Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:25:28 +0545 From: Bikrant <bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np> To: "JJB" <Barbish3@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is PPPoed? Message-ID: <200404251625.28816.bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEKLFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEKLFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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On Friday 23 April 2004 19:38, JJB wrote: > Gleb > > I see from the mailing list that you are currently helping Bikrant > with his 'pppoed crashed' problem. In 5 years on this list I have > not seen pppoed ever mentioned and was even unaware of it's > existents. > > I all ready did my homework reading the man pppoed and googleing. > > The 'man pppoed' documentation is very cryptic and gives absolutely > no insight as to the conditions under which a person would need to > use it, as well as no instructions on how to enable it. Not until I > read Bikrant's post containing his rc.conf statements did I realize > that pppoed was something different that 'user pppoe'. From my > search for documentation I am surprised at the fact that Bikrant > even found out about the rc.conf statement needed it enable it. > > I already know that pppoed is different than 'user pppoe'. > I know under what conditions someone would use 'user pppoe'. > > Would you or Bikrant please post any reference web sites or links to > documentation on pppoed that you have used to learn about using and > configuring pppoed as I would like to learn more about this pppoed > function? Hi joe, pppoe is Point to point protocol over ethernet. You can use the service to authenticate Lan/wireless/adsl users before they start using internet. I'm using the service to authenticate and shape bandwith (by running script when the ppp interface comes up) of my wireless users. I hope you got the idea. http://w3.itoh.net/pppoe3.html with regards, Bikrant > > Could you or Bikrant please explain what need or purpose pppoed is > being used to satisfy? > > Thanks > Joe
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