To run PPP over a DSL modem, a machine must become a PPPoE client. You have to plumb an interface to run PPPoE, and then use the pppoec utility to “discover” the existence of an access server. Thereafter, the client can create the PPPoE tunnel over the DSL modem and run PPP.
The PPPoE client relates to the access server in the traditional client-server model. The PPPoE tunnel is not a dial-up link, but the tunnel is configured and operated in much the same manner.
The commands and files that set up a PPPoE client include the following:
The /usr/lib/inet/pppoec utility is responsible for negotiating the client side of a PPPoE tunnel. pppoec is similar to the Solaris PPP 4.0 chat utility. You do not invoke pppoec directly. Rather, you start /usr/lib/inet/pppoec as an argument to the connect option of pppd.
pppoe.so is the PPPoE shared object that must be loaded by PPPoE to provide PPPoE capability to access servers and clients. The pppoe.soshared object limits MTU and MRU to 1492, filters packets from the driver, and handles runtime PPPoE messages.
On the client side, pppd loads pppoe.so when the user specifies the plugin pppoe.so option.
When you define an access server to be discovered by pppoec, you use options that apply to both pppoec and the pppd daemon. A /etc/ppp/peers/peer-name file for an access server requires the following parameters:
sppptun – Name for the serial device that is used by the PPPoE tunnel
plugin pppoe.so – Instructs pppd to load the pppoe.so shared object
connect "/usr/lib/inet/pppoec device" – Starts a connection. connect then invokes the pppoec utility over device, the interface that is plumbed for PPPoE
The following example is introduced in How to Define a PPPoE Access Server Peer.
# vi /etc/ppp/peers/dslserve sppptun plugin pppoe.so connect "/usr/lib/inet/pppoec hme0" noccp noauth user Red password redsecret noipdefault defaultroute |
This file defines parameters to be used when setting up a PPPoE tunnel and PPP link to access server dslserve. The options that are included are as follows.