[Scottish] PPPoE vs PPPoA

[Phillip Bennett]

Thanks Matt,

I see what you mean now.  I actually use my ADSL device as a router/firewall 
so I don't have to use a seperate machine.

I've read that there is no real world speed difference between PPPoA and 
PPPoE, just the way it handles the authentication.

Thanks,
Phil.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Causey" <matt.causey at gmail.com>
To: "Phillip Bennett" <phillip at mve.com>; "SLUG-list" 
<scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Scottish] PPPoE vs PPPoA


> In my understanding, PPPoE is the newer, more flexible protocol...as it
> allows more detailed AAA through the ISPs RADIUS infrastructure.  But 
> there
> are no benefits to the end ISP user AFAIK.
>
> The other options there, as you'll find, define the topology of your
> connection (do you want the DSL modem to also function as a router with a
> management address, or do you want the modem to simply act as a bridge so
> that you can perform the PPPx authentication at another device, etc.).
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Phillip Bennett <phillip at mve.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> On the topic of ADSL, I have just looked at my router at home and see 
>> that
>> I have the following modes available to me:
>>
>> * RFC 1483 Routed
>> * RFC 1483 Bridged
>> * PPPoA Routed
>> * IPoA Routed
>> * PPPoE Routed
>> * PPPoE Routed with Pass-through.
>>
>> Assuming they were all available (I have no idea, I'm using Lumison 
>> through
>> work atm) which would be the best to go for and why?  (Don't worry, I'm
>> going to have a look myself right now as well - just wanted some 
>> opinions)
>>
>> I always thought PPPoA was better than PPPoE, but I have no idea why I
>> thought that.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Anderson" <neuro at well.com>
>> To: "SLUG-list" <scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Scottish] PPPoE vs PPPoA
>>
>>
>>
>>  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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