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PPPOE-DISCOVERY(8)					    PPPOE-DISCOVERY(8)

NAME
       pppoe-discovery - perform PPPoE discovery

SYNOPSIS
       pppoe-discovery [ options ]
       pppoe-discovery { -V | -h }

DESCRIPTION
       pppoe-discovery	performs the same discovery process as pppoe, but does
       not initiate a session.	It sends a PADI packet	and  then  prints  the
       names of access concentrators in each PADO packet it receives.

OPTIONS
       -I interface
	      The  -I  option  specifies the Ethernet interface to use.	 Under
	      Linux, it is typically eth0 or eth1.  The	 interface  should  be
	      “up” before you start pppoe-discovery, but should not be config‐
	      ured to have an IP address.  The default interface is eth0.

       -D file_name
	      The -D option causes every packet to be dumped to the  specified
	      file_name.  This is intended for debugging only.

       -U
	      Causes pppoe-discovery to use the Host-Uniq tag in its discovery
	      packets.	This lets you run multiple instances of	 pppoe-discov‐
	      ery  and/or  pppoe without having their discovery packets inter‐
	      fere with one another.  You  must	 supply	 this  option  to  all
	      instances that you intend to run simultaneously.

       -S service_name
	      Specifies	 the  desired service name.  pppoe-discovery will only
	      accept access concentrators which can provide the specified ser‐
	      vice.   In  most cases, you should not specify this option.  Use
	      it only if you know that there are multiple access concentrators
	      or know that you need a specific service name.

       -C ac_name
	      Specifies the desired access concentrator name.  pppoe-discovery
	      will only accept the specified  access  concentrator.   In  most
	      cases,  you  should not specify this option.  Use it only if you
	      know that there are multiple access concentrators.  If both  the
	      -S and -C options are specified, they must both match.

       -A
	      This option is accepted for compatibility with pppoe, but has no
	      effect.

       -V | -h
	      Either of these options causes pppoe-discovery to print its ver‐
	      sion number and usage information, then exit.

AUTHORS
       pppoe-discovery	was  written  by  Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>, based on
       pppoe by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

SEE ALSO
       pppoe(8), pppoe-sniff(8)

				22 January 2006		    PPPOE-DISCOVERY(8)
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