[geeks] DSL/PPPoE query - Am I insane?

Big Endian bigendian at mac.com
Wed Apr 3 09:27:43 CST 2002


>On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:42:09AM -0600, Mike Ekholm wrote:
>>  Are you sure its not PPPoA (which is very common for DSL)?
>
>what is PPPoA?  i've never seen that used with DSL.  PPPoE i've seen.  which
>is just silly.  PPP tunneled over ethernet which is being bridged over ATM.

PPPoA is ppp over an ATM PVC.  Its just as pointless as PPPoE, and 
might possibly be less evil... not sure yet.

daniel
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