Hi all,<br>
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I've been thinking of reconfiguring my dsl connection lately and something in the docs has me a bit confused. <br>
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Current setup is :<br>
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DSL MODEM -> OpenBSD FW (3.7) -> Linksys WRT54G -> switch<br>
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Which leaves me with a wholly unnecessary network segment.<br>
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What I want is:<br>
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DSL MODEM (as bridge only) -> OpenBSD FW (running ppp and pppoe)
-> switch (with my Linksys Wireless router just acting
as an AP off the switch)<br>
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Taking the WRT54G out of the picture for non wireless clients, and bridging the modem.<br>
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The thing that I'm hesitating on is the pppoe setup on the FW. For the
most part it seems pretty straight forward between the FAQ and the
relevant man pages... but here's the thing:<br>
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My DSL provider uses PPPoA. In the FAQ I see this:<br>
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The main software interface to PPPoE/PPPoA on OpenBSD is
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pppoe&sektion=8">pppoe(8)</a>,
which is a userland implementation (in much the same way that we described
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8">ppp(8)</a>,
above).
A kernel PPPoE implementation,
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pppoe&sektion=4">pppoe(4)</a>,
has been incorporated into OpenBSD.<br>
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which seems to indicate that pppoe will work with either PPPoE or
PPPoA. The man pages make no reference to PPPoA at all, however. My
searches of the archives and Google have turned up some rather old
posts, one suggesting that special hardware is required for PPPoA, and
another that _appears_ to indicate that it isn't.<br>
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So..... can anyone shed some light here? I could just try it out, but I'd rather be a bit more confident before I do. <br>
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The modem also offers a "half-bridge" mode which theoretically
authenticates to the ISP and then passes the IP back to the router.
Assuming that special HW is required, could this be used instead?<br>
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Anyhow thanks for any insight....<br>
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-Jonathan<br>