NAME
pppoec.conf — PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) client configuration file
DESCRIPTION
pppoec.conf
is the configuration file for the
pppoec
daemon.
This file is read by
pppoec
to initialize the client.
The default file is
/etc/ppp/pppoec.conf.
Note that, you cannot run
pppoec
without this configuration file.
Each entry in the
pppoec.conf
file is separated by a new line.
Blank lines and lines that begin with
#
are ignored.
Parameters
pppoec.conf
contains the following parameters:
- service
Specify the name of the service that the client requires.
A value of
any
implies that the client is ready to accept any service from the access
concentrator.
- acname
Specify the name of the access concentrator from which you wish to avail
service.
- 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).
pppoec
generates a unique binary value and includes this value in
the
Host-Uniq
tag in a PADI or PADR packet.
- 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.
The default
value is 3.
- 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.
The
mru
option of pppd will be included and it will be set to
1492.
Sample pppoec.conf File
[ lan4 ]
service=any
acname=gatt3
#host_unique=0
timeout=1200
retry-number=4
pppd-options=mru 1492 debug 11
[ lan0 ]
service=any
acname=gatt3
#host_unique=0
timeout=1200
retry-number=4
pppd-options=mru 1492 debug 11
#enable_ipv6=1
AUTHOR
pppoec.conf
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
- pppoesd
PPPoE server daemon
- pppoerd
PPPoE relay
- pppoec
PPPoE client
- pppd
PPP daemon
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