pppoesd(1M)                                                     pppoesd(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoesd - PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) server daemon

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoesd [-c config-file] [-d debug-level] [-l log-file]

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

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoesd supports the following command-line options:

           -c config-file    Specifies the configuration file with absolute
                             path to be used by pppoesd.  The default
                             configuration file is /etc/ppp/pppoesd.conf.

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

                             LOG_ERROR     Logs all error messages.  To log
                                           these messages, type -d 0 on the
                                           command line.

                             LOG_WARN      Logs all warning messages.  To
                                           log these messages, type -d 1 on
                                           the command line.

                             LOG_DEBUG     Logs function level debug
                                           messages.  To log these messages,
                                           type -d 2 on the command line.

           -l log-file       Specifies the log-file with absolute path to
                             which pppoesd logs messages.  The default log
                             file is /var/adm/pppoesd.log.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      An example usage of pppoesd is as follows:

           /usr/sbin/pppoesd -d 1 -l /tmp/pppoesd.log

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

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoesd was developed by Hewlett-Packard.



 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 1 -      HP-UX 11i Version 2: Sep 2004






 pppoesd(1M)                                                     pppoesd(1M)




 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoec        PPPoE client
      pppoerd       PPPoE relay
      pppoesd.conf  PPPoE server configuration file
      pppd          PPP daemon

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppd(1M), pppoec(1M), pppoerd(1M), pppoesd.conf(4).


 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 2 -      HP-UX 11i Version 2: Sep 2004