Re: unnumbered PPPoE

[Talmage <talmage_(_at_)_zero_(_dot_)_ad_(_dot_)_jp>]

Thanks for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, bridge(4) doesn't support  
pppoe(4) as a possible interface.   I don't know why, but it just  
rejects it.  Anyone know of a workaround for this?  I'm on a 100mb/s  
FTTH line so a userland pppoe is not an option.

Kory T

On Oct 10, 2005, at 11:42 PM, Christopher Hylarides wrote:

> While I have never done it myself, I THINK that you might be able  
> to do it with bridging the pppoe interface with an ethernet  
> interface.  Play around a little bit.
>
> --
> Chris
>
> On 10-Oct-05, at 8:44 AM, Talmage wrote:
>
>
> > I've been reading through manpages and tutorials but have not been  
> > able to get an answer to a question I have.
> >
> > I am wondering if it's possible to use OpenBSD as an unnumbered  
> > PPPoE client bridge.  Basically a transparent bridge that  
> > processes packets for PPPoE so the rest of the network doesn't  
> > have to deal with PPPoE.
> >
> > [internet]-----[ISP(PPPoE Server)]====[modem]====[openbsd(PPPoE  
> > Client)]-----[multiple static IPs]
> >
> > Kory T