Re: [PLUG] Ethernet/DSL setup question

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On 15 Mar 2001 21:35:58 -0500, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> > > I thought PPPoE would use IP as the Network Layer Protocol. Isn't this the
> > > case for normal PPP dialup connections too ?
> > 
> > Yeah but there's a specific kernel bit to compile (as a module or not).  I'm 
> > not sure how to implement, though-- 'cos I hate PPPoE and have never used it.
> 
> I was under the impression that the only kernel support you needed to run
> the Linux pppoe client was packet sockets, which most kernels already have.
> I've never had the need to use pppoe, but looking over the documentation,
> setup seems fairly simple.  Has anyone out there had any direct experience
> with it?

Unfortunately. :-(

PPPOE (usually implemented as a daemon from Roaring Penguin Software,
altho there are other alternatives, I'm told) is a customized version of
the ppp daemon. The RP client has adsl-config, adsl-start and adsl-stop
commands (to configure, start and stop the service, obviously). Also,
I'm told - but haven't seen it in code for myself - that it implements a
kind of firewall capability (filters out only certain, limited kinds of
packets). It also has a dhcp client built-in, since pppoe is (almost
exclusively) dyanmically addressed.

There is no kernel recompile necessary; there's no pppoe in the kernel
config.

pppoe is only used for cable/dsl connections, AFAIK. Like any ppp
connection, you have to start and stop the service. So much for 'always
on" service. :-/

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