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pppoesd(1M)							   pppoesd(1M)

NAME
       pppoesd - PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) server daemon

SYNOPSIS
       config-file] debug-level] log-file]

DESCRIPTION
       performs	 the  server  side discovery phase functionalities of PPPoE as
       mentioned in RFC 2516.  The daemon responds to PADI  and	 PADR  packets
       from clients if it can offer services desired by the client.  generates
       a unique session-id for every client that it services.  It then forks a
       daemon  which  performs	the  session phase functionalities of PPPoE as
       mentioned in RFC 2516.

   Options
       supports the following command-line options:

	      Specifies the configuration file with absolute path
				to be used by The default  configuration  file
				is

	      Specifies the debug level at which logging has to be
				enabled.  The three debug levels are:

				Logs all error messages.
					      To  log  these messages, type on
					      the command line.

				Logs all warning messages.
					      To log these messages,  type  on
					      the command line.

				Logs function level debug messages.
					      To  log  these messages, type on
					      the command line.

	      Specifies the log-file with absolute path to which
				logs messages.	The default log file is

EXAMPLES
       An example usage of is as follows:

WARNINGS
       Note that, you cannot run without the file.   See  pppoesd.conf(4)  for
       more information.

AUTHOR
       was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

FILES
       PPPoE client
       PPPoE relay
       PPPoE server configuration file
       PPP daemon

SEE ALSO
       pppd(1), pppoec(1), pppoerd(1M), pppoesd.conf(4).

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