D-Link DFL-260-IPS-12 Product Manual - Page 101
PPPoE, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet, Point-to-Point Protocol, Password, Authentication
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3.3.4. PPPoE Chapter 3. Fundamentals • Interface: lan • VLAN ID: 10 • IP Address: vlan10_ip • Network: all-nets 3. Click OK 3.3.4. PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a tunneling protocol used for connecting multiple users on an Ethernet network to the Internet through a common serial interface, such as a single DSL line, wireless device or cable modem. All the users on the Ethernet share a common connection, while access control can be done on a per-user basis. Internet server providers (ISPs) often require customers to connect through PPPoE to their broadband service. Using PPPoE the ISP can: • Implement security and access-control using username/password authentication • Trace IP addresses to a specific user • Allocate IP address automatically for PC users (similar to DHCP). IP address provisioning can be per user group The PPP Protocol Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), is a protocol for communication between two computers using a serial interface, such as the case of a personal computer connected through a switched telephone line to an ISP. In terms of the layered OSI model, PPP provides a layer 2 encapsulation mechanism to allow packets of any protocol to travel through IP networks. PPP uses Link Control Protocol (LCP) for link establishment, configuration and testing. Once the LCP is initialized, one or several Network Control Protocols (NCPs) can be used to transport traffic for a particular protocol suite, so that multiple protocols can interoperate on the same link, for example, both IP and IPX traffic can share a PPP link. PPP Authentication PPP authentication is optional with PPP. Authentication protocols supported are Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) and Microsoft CHAP (version 1 and 2). If authentication is used, at least one of the peers has to authenticate itself before the network layer protocol parameters can be negotiated using NCP. During the LCP and NCP negotiation, optional parameters such as encryption, can be negotiated. PPPoE Client Configuration Since the PPPoE protocol allows PPP to operate over Ethernet, the firewall needs to use one of the normal physical Ethernet interfaces to run PPPoE over. Each PPPoE tunnel is interpreted as a logical interface by NetDefendOS, with the same routing and configuration capabilities as regular interfaces and with IP rules being applied to all traffic. Network traffic arriving at the firewall through the PPPoE tunnel will have the PPPoE tunnel interface as its 101