pppoec.conf(4)                                               pppoec.conf(4)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoec.conf - PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) client
      configuration file

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoec.conf is the configuration file for the pppoec daemon.  This
      file is read by pppoec to initialize the client.  The default file is
      /etc/ppp/pppoec.conf.  Note that, you cannot run pppoec without this
      configuration file.  Each entry in the pppoec.conf file is separated
      by a new line.  Blank lines and lines that begin with # are ignored.

    Parameters    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoec.conf contains the following parameters:

           service             Specify the name of the service that the
                               client requires.  A value of any implies that
                               the client is ready to accept any service
                               from the access concentrator.

           acname              Specify the name of the access concentrator
                               from which you wish to avail service.

           host-unique         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).  pppoec generates a unique
                               binary value and includes this value in the
                               Host-Uniq tag in a PADI or PADR packet.

           retry-number        Specify the number of times pppoec 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.

           timeout             Specify the timeout value in seconds.  pppoec
                               waits for this duration to receive either a
                               PADO or PADS packet before retransmitting a
                               PADI/PADR packet.  The default value is 15
                               seconds.

           pppd-options        Specify the command-line options of pppd.
                               See pppd(1M) for more information.  The mru
                               option of pppd will be included and it will
                               be set to 1492.

    Sample pppoec.conf File    [Toc]    [Back]
          [ lan4 ]
          service=any
          acname=gatt3
          #host_unique=0



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 pppoec.conf(4)                                               pppoec.conf(4)




          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    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoec.conf was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      pppoesd       PPPoE server daemon
      pppoerd       PPPoE relay
      pppoec        PPPoE client
      pppd          PPP daemon

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


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