Re: [Bug 4177] New: Please consider adding possibility to have multiple PPPoE sessions with different MAC addresses

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>]

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> http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4177
> 
>            Summary: Please consider adding possibility to have multiple
>                     PPPoE sessions with different MAC addresses
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.current, 2.4.current
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: low
>              Owner: acme@conectiva.com.br
>          Submitter: mh+kernel-bugzilla@zugschlus.de
> 
> 
> This wishlist item is mostly relevant to German users. In 
> Germany, Deutsche Telekom has a near monopoly regarding DSL 
> connections to residential homes. They are, however, required, to 
> resell their network to other ISPs which has led to a rather 
> interesting combination of Internet tariffs and feature sets available 
> via Deutsche Telekom T-DSL connections. 
>  
> Technical Basis for the T-DSL customer interface is PPPoE over a 
> bridged ATM session, so it is technically possible to have multiple 
> PPPoE sessions on the same line, allowing concurrent use of more than 
> a single ISP which might be interesting with special interest services 
> like streaming, fixed IP address and/or flat rate. 
>  
> However, Deutsche Telekom technically forbids multiple PPPoE sessions 
> originating from a single MAC address, so one needs multiple network 
> interfaces to originate the PPPoE sessions from. 
>  
> Sven Geggus has a patch against rp-pppoed, which allows to fake the 
> sending MAC address for additional PPPoE sessions, circumventing the 
> artificially introduced limitation of the T-DSL connection. The patch 
> is available on http://geggus.net/sven/rp-pppoe-fakemac.diff 
>  
> Please consider adding that possibility to the kernel PPPoE code as well. 
>  
> Greetings 
> Marc
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