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Actiontec Broadband Router User Manual
WAN PPPoE/WAN PPPoE 2
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (
) relies on two widely accepted
WAN
PPPoE
standards: Point-to-Point Protocol and Ethernet.
enables Ethernet net-
PPPoE
worked computers to exchange information with computers on the Internet.
supports the protocol layers and authentication widely used in
and
PPPoE
PPP
enables a point-to-point connection to be established in the normally multipoint
architecture of Ethernet. A discovery process in
determines the Ethernet
PPPoE
address of the remote device in order to establish a session.
MAC
Click WAN PPPoE in the Network Connections screen to generate the "
WAN
Properties" screen. This screen displays a list of the connection's proper-
PPPoE
ties. The only modifications that can be made from this screen are disabling the
connection (by clicking Disable) or renaming the connection (by entering a new
name in the "Name" text box).
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