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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>,
	Nathan Williams <nathan@traverse.com.au>,
	Karl Hiramoto <karl@hiramoto.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Subject: Re: PPPoE performance regression
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:59:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339606797.14785.16.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B6F47@saturn3.aculab.com>

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On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 17:32 +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > I would contend that PPPoE over br2684 is not the common case.  The vast 
> > majority of users in client mode are going to be using PPPoE over an 
> > ethernet link to a DSL modem (or cable or wireless radios even).  Just look 
> > at what DSL modems are available for users in computer stores / what ISPs 
> > actually ship to their users.  Real ATM exposing devices are rare.
> 
> PPPoA is common in the UK.

In the UK you tend to have the option of using PPPoA *or* PPPoE over
BR2684. The ISP's kit will handle both.

Ben's comment was about the *hardware*, though. If your "ADSL modem" is
a separate box which just bridges Ethernet to BR2684 on the ADSL link,
you're limited to using the PPPoE protocol over that.

Obviously, if you have a proper ADSL *router* and it's not just a PPP
bridge, then you can — and should — use PPPoA.

-- 
dwmw2

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-13 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2012-06-10  8:32         ` PPPoE performance regression David Woodhouse
2012-06-13  9:57           ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-13 13:50             ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-13 15:55               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-06-13 16:11                 ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-13 16:31                   ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-06-13 16:32                     ` David Laight
2012-06-13 16:59                       ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2012-06-13 16:53                     ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-13 17:21                       ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-06-13 17:43                         ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-14  6:18               ` Paul Mackerras
2012-06-14  6:49                 ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-14 10:35                 ` David Woodhouse
2012-06-13 20:17           ` Karl Hiramoto

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