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Date:      Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:16:19 -0700
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To:        Chris Dionissopoulos <dionch@freemail.gr>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multiple DSL modems and pppoe sessions on the same ethernet ?
Message-ID:  <20060726091619.A99336@xorpc.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <563361368.20060726190713@freemail.gr>; from dionch@freemail.gr on Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:07:13PM %2B0300
References:  <20060726071232.A96367@xorpc.icir.org> <563361368.20060726190713@freemail.gr>

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:07:13PM +0300, Chris Dionissopoulos wrote:
> Hello Luigi,
> 
> Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 5:12:32 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> > i am trying to run, on a single FreeBSD box, multiple (3 in my case)
> > pppoe instances talking to as many DSL modems on the same ethernet cable
> >  
> >     ------+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----
> >           |              |              |              |
> >           +-[modem1]     +-[modem2]     +-[modem3]     +-[FreeBSD/ppp]
> >               DSL#1          DSL#2          DSL#3 
...
> if your switch supports vlan and 802.1q encapsulation, you would create

it doesn't so not applicable.

> another approach is to use 3 ng_ether interfaces with custom mac
> addresses defined and linked to the same ng_bridge node with physical:

hmmm, i think this won't work either, because each PADI
frame will reach all modems so i cannot differentiate
among the replies.

	cheers
	luigi



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