Re: PPPoE access server

Is not a debian solution, but some providers in my country have 
successfully use the following combination: FreeBSD+MPD5+Intel NIC.


On 03/04/2013 10:06 PM, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm thinking about changing my current subscriber setup from extending a
> single L2 bridge to all customers over to PPPoE.  I expect that I can
> then perform rate limiting with pppd, get a better sense of usage by way
> of RADIUS as well as allowing customer devices to authenticate
> themselves when they establish their ppp session.
>
> Is there any documentation on setting up such an access server?  The
> only ppp docs I found with a basic search of the terms were from the
> good olde modem days.  I was hoping I was missing something pretty
> drastic.  Perhaps folks have switched to 802.1x?  Perhaps nobody uses
> linux as an access server?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> C.J.
>