[ale] kernel mode pppoe?

[Geoffrey]

Stuffed Crust wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:58:06PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Has anyone used the kernel mode pppoe available from roaring penquin? 
>>The docs indicate you must enable modules, but I prefer not to do so for 
>>a firewall.  Anyone done this?
>>
> 
> I've never used the kernel-mode PPPoE with the Roaring Pengiun client,
> but I have used it with a patched copy of pppd.  Works quite well, I
> might add.  :)

So the patch to pppd is only necessary if you're going to use the kernel 
mode pppoe?

> 
> You either need to have a development snapshot of pppd2.4.2, or apply a
> patch to pppd2.4.1, plus the kernel module of course. 
> 
> Here's the one I'm using:
> 
> ftp://ftp.shaftnet.org/pub/rpms/redhat-7.x/i386/ppp-2.4.1-4pppoe.i386.rpm
> or if you prefer,
> ftp://ftp.shaftnet.org/pub/rpms/redhat-7.x/SRPMS/ppp-2.4.1-4pppoe.src.rpm
> if you want to see the patches that are involved.
> 
>  - Pizza
> 


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