pppoesd.conf(4) 					     Kernel Interfaces Manual						   pppoesd.conf(4)

NAME

       pppoesd.conf - PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) server configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       is the configuration file for the daemon.  This file is read by to initialize the server.  The default file is You can use this file to set
       parameters for each network interface used by during PPPoE sessions.  Each entry in the file is of the following format:

       Each entry in the configuration file is separated by a blank line.  Blank lines and lines that begin with are ignored.

   Parameters
       contains the following parameters:

       Specify the name of the service that the server can offer to the client.
			 A value of implies that the server is ready to offer any service to the client.

       Specify the name of the access concentrator from which you wish to make
			 services available.

       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).

       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.

       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.

   Sample pppoesd.conf File
	   [ lan4 ]
	   service=any
	   acname=gatt3
	   ac_cookie=1
	   #host_unique=0
	   timeout=1200
	   #retry-number=3
	   local-ipv4-address=1.2.3.4
	   ipv4-address-pool=5.6.7.8 - 5.6.7.101
	   pppd-options=mru 1492 debug 11
	   # Following entries are related to PPPoEv6
	   local-ipv6-identifier=::9
	   ipv6-identifier-pool=::10 - ::100

AUTHOR

       was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

FILES

       PPPoE server daemon
       PPPoE relay
       PPPoE client
       PPP daemon

SEE ALSO

       pppd(1), pppoec(1), pppoerd(1M), pppoesd(1M).

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