Re: multiple DSL modems and pppoe sessions on the same ethernet ?

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:07:13PM +0300, Chris Dionissopoulos wrote:
Hello Luigi,

Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 5:12:32 PM, you wrote:

hi,
i am trying to run, on a single FreeBSD box, multiple (3 in my case)
pppoe instances talking to as many DSL modems on the same ethernet cable

------+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----
| | | |
+-[modem1] +-[modem2] +-[modem3] +-[FreeBSD/ppp]
DSL#1 DSL#2 DSL#3
...
if your switch supports vlan and 802.1q encapsulation, you would create

it doesn't so not applicable.

another approach is to use 3 ng_ether interfaces with custom mac
addresses defined and linked to the same ng_bridge node with physical:

hmmm, i think this won't work either, because each PADI
frame will reach all modems so i cannot differentiate
among the replies.

cheers
luigi
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