[Scottish] PPPoE vs PPPoA

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Wed Jun 18 02:08:14 BST 2008


Andrew Back wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> That's what I thought, I.e. that you might only get PPPoE when an ISP 
> has say taken advantage of LLU. But I have now been told by two 
> different people that PPPoE can work, and a quick Google seems to 
> reinforce this:

The pages you cite are 3-5 years old! :)  The whole thing about PPPoE 
being supported is ... weeeeeeeell, it *can* work, but PPPoA is the 
*supported* mode, so you should stick to that wherever possible.

-n



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