Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:49:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPoE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990930224915.875A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9910010136440.27808-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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I think I may be tackling PPPoE in the next week. On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, spork wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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