NAME
pppoesd.conf — PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) server configuration file
DESCRIPTION
pppoesd.conf
is the configuration file for the
pppoesd
daemon.
This file is read by
pppoesd
to initialize the server.
The default file is
/etc/ppp/pppoesd.conf.
You can use this file to set parameters for each network interface
used by
pppoesd
during PPPoE sessions.
Each entry in the
pppoesd.conf
file is of the following format:
Each entry in the configuration file is separated by a blank line.
Blank lines and lines that begin with
#
are ignored.
Parameters
pppoesd.conf
contains the following parameters:
- service
Specify the name of the service that the server can offer to the client.
A value of
any
implies that the server is ready to offer any service to the client.
- acname
Specify the name of the access concentrator from which you wish to make
services available.
- host-unique
Specify a tag used by the client to uniquely associate an access
concentrator's response (PADO or PADS) to a particular client request (PADI
or PADR).
- retry-number
Specify the number of times
pppoec
tries to retransmit either a PADI or PADR packet when
an access concentrator does not respond to the client's request.
- timeout
Specify the timeout value in seconds.
pppoec
waits for this duration to receive either a PADO or PADS packet
before retransmitting a PADI/PADR packet.
The default value is 15 seconds.
- pppd-options
Specify the command-line options of
pppd.
See
pppd(1)
for more information.
Sample pppoesd.conf File
[ lan4 ]
service=any
acname=gatt3
ac_cookie=1
#host_unique=0
timeout=1200
#retry-number=3
local-ipv4-address=1.2.3.4
ipv4-address-pool=5.6.7.8 - 5.6.7.101
pppd-options=mru 1492 debug 11
# Following entries are related to PPPoEv6
local-ipv6-identifier=::9
ipv6-identifier-pool=::10 - ::100
AUTHOR
pppoesd.conf
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
- pppoesd
PPPoE server daemon
- pppoerd
PPPoE relay
- pppoec
PPPoE client
- pppd
PPP daemon
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