setting up pppoe

Michael P. Soulier msoulier at digitaltorque.ca
Tue May 9 02:50:39 UTC 2006


On 09/05/06 Joerg Pernfuss said:

> ppp needs some address to work with right from the beginning, before
> you get assigned an IP address from your isp. The original idea was,
> from my understanding, that you could specify your network, and would
> then only be assigned the host part of the address.
> 
> Hence the /0, which specifies that nothing is network-part and you
> take whatever IP address you get assigned.

Well, if it works, it'll be one of the simplest pppoe setups I've seen yet on
a *nix box. Looks pretty simple. 

Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
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