Re: PPPoE access server

We also had linux with home-made-pppoe  a long time ago...

The problem is, on high bandwidth, the tc is a bit slow, and  'complicated',
too many scripts, too many rules, too much complex..

For us, mpd is another category of service clean and lightweight.

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:45 AM, b2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> В 12:06 -0800 на 04.03.2013 (пн), C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP написа:
> > 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.
> >
>
> Here we use:
> Diskless machines with Debian stable
> intel nic
> rp-pppoe(+home-made patches)
> pppd with radius, radattr, rp-pppoe plugins
> raduis + mysql for authentication
> tc for shaping
>
> Its working fine for years, but i'm not quite sure it is the best
> possible setup for performance.
>
> Greets.
>
>
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