pppoec.conf(4)pppoec.conf(4)NAMEpppoec.conf - PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) client con‐
figuration file
DESCRIPTION
is the configuration file for the daemon. This file is read by to ini‐
tialize the client. The default file is Note that, you cannot run
without this configuration file. Each entry in the file is separated
by a new line. Blank lines and lines that begin with are ignored.
Parameters
contains the following parameters:
Specify the name of the service that the client requires.
A value of implies that the client is ready
to accept any service from the access con‐
centrator.
Specify the name of the access concentrator from which you wish
to avail
service.
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).
generates a unique binary value and includes
this value in the tag in a PADI or PADR
packet.
Specify the number of times
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.
Specify the timeout value in seconds.
waits for this duration to receive either a
PADO or PADS packet before retransmitting a
PADI/PADR packet. The default value is 15
seconds.
Specify the command-line options of
See pppd(1) for more information. The
option of pppd will be included and it will
be set to
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
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
PPPoE server daemon
PPPoE relay
PPPoE client
PPP daemon
SEE ALSOpppd(1), pppoec(1), pppoerd(1M), pppoesd(1M).
pppoec.conf(4)
