Allied Telesis Rapier Series How-To
Allied Telesis Rapier Series How-To

Allied Telesis Rapier Series How-To

How to set up pppoe between a linux client and access concentrator
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Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis
Access Concentrator
Introduction
This document describes how to set up PPPoE between a Linux client and an Allied Telesis
device.
What information you will find in this document
This document is divided into the following sections:
Configuring your Allied Telesis Device‚ page 2
Configuring Your Linux Device‚ page 3
Starting the Link‚ page 4
Debugging and Verifying‚ page 5
Other Hints‚ page 6
Which products and software versions does this information apply to?
Products:
Rapier, AT-8800, AT-8900, AT-9900, AT-9800 and SwitchBlade series switches
AR400 and AR700 series routers
Software versions: 2.7.1 and later
C613-16074-00 REV B
www.alliedtelesis.com

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  • Page 1 Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator Introduction This document describes how to set up PPPoE between a Linux client and an Allied Telesis device. What information you will find in this document This document is divided into the following sections: •...
  • Page 2 # IP configuration enable ip add ip int=vlan1 ip=192.168.0.254 Network diagram eth 1 port 1 Linux PC (client) Allied Telesis switch (Access Concentrator) Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator...
  • Page 3 Configuring Your Linux Device Configure your Linux device as follows: 1. Set a host name. The host name must be a user on the Allied Telesis device. To set a default hostname on your linux device, use “hostname <newname>”: [root@linux_client michael]# hostname linux_client 2.
  • Page 4 PPP daemon and we tell it to start pppoe discovery out eth1. The “pty” part makes pppd converse via a pseudo terminal, otherwise all the PPP output goes to the screen and hence the link will not come up. Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator...
  • Page 5 PACK VJCOMP VJUNC NON-VJ On your Allied Telesis device, you can check the following: ena ppp templ=1 debug=decode ena ppp templ=1 debug=all show ppp show ppp pppoe Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator...
  • Page 6 Access Concentrator you want to respond to. For example: [root@linux_client michael]# pppd pty 'pppoe -I eth1 -C -58245394' You can always see other PPPoE options by consulting the manual: [root@linux_client michael]# man pppoe Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator...
  • Page 7 [root@linux_client michael]# pppd pty 'pppoe -I eth1 -U' call tester1 If you want to initiate more than one connection, simply repeat the above command, but change the call name (as underlined). Set Up PPPoE Between a Linux Client and an Allied Telesis Access Concentrator...
  • Page 8 PADT and PPP itself will not get the opportunity to send an LCP Termination Request. Allied Telesis devices will ignore a PADT frame if it is not preempted by an LCP Termination Request, so nothing will happen on the Allied Telesis device when pppoe takes down the connection on the Linux device.

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