multiple DSL modems and pppoe sessions on the same ethernet ?

[Luigi Rizzo]

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