[geeks] DSL/PPPoE query - Am I insane?

[Ryn]

PPPoA uses PPP encapsulation directly over ATM. RFC 1483 covers the
encapsulation process and is a pretty good read.

Ryan


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From: <Bertrand_Hutin at notes.amdahl.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] DSL/PPPoE query - Am I insane?


> Here in France the main ISP France Telecom use PPoA for Adsl connexions.
> The kit provides software for W**dows and MacOs,
> and there are tools to get a Linux box connected.
> works fine on all these platforms.
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> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:42:09AM -0600, Mike Ekholm wrote:
> > Are you sure its not PPPoA (which is very common for DSL)?
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> what is PPPoA?  i've never seen that used with DSL.  PPPoE i've seen.
> which
> is just silly.  PPP tunneled over ethernet which is being bridged over ATM.
>
> yikes.
>
> -brian
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