Re: PPPoE access server

Debian + accel-ppp + Intel NICs work on our network.

On 03/05/2013 09:16 AM, Adrian Minta; wrote:
> Is not a debian solution, but some providers in my country have
> successfully use the following combination: FreeBSD+MPD5+Intel NIC.
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> 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.
>>
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