Chapter 32 PPPoE

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 107 Advanced Application > PPPoE > Intermediate Agent

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this to enable PPPoE intermediate agent globally on the Switch.

 

 

access-node-

Enter up to 20 alphanumeric characters to identify the PPPoE intermediate

identifier

agent. Hyphens (-) and spaces are also allowed. The default is the

 

Switch’s host name.

 

 

circuit-id

Use this section to configure the Circuit ID field in the PADI and PADR

 

packets.

 

The Circuit ID you configure for a specific port or for a specific VLAN on a

 

port has priority over this.

 

The Circuit ID you configure for a specific port (in the Advanced

 

Application > PPPoE > Intermediate Agent > Port screen) or for a

 

specific VLAN on a port (in the Advanced Application > PPPoE >

 

Intermediate Agent > Port > VLAN screen) has priority over this. That

 

means, if you also want to configure PPPoE IA Per-Port or Per-Port Per-

 

VLAN setting, leave the fields here empty and configure circuit-id and

 

remote-id in the Per-Port or Per-Port Per-VLAN screen.

 

 

Active

Select this if you want the Switch to add the user-defined identifier string

 

and variables (specified in the option field) to PADI and PADR packets

 

from PPPoE clients.

 

If you leave this option unselected and do not configure any Circuit ID

 

string (using CLI commands) on the Switch, the Switch will use the string

 

specified in the access-node-identifierfield.

 

 

identifier-

Specify a string that the Switch adds in the Agent Circuit ID sub-option.

string

You can enter up to 53 ASCII characters. Spaces are allowed.

 

 

option

Select the variables that you want the Switch to generate and add in the

 

Agent Circuit ID sub-option. The variable options include sp, sv, pv and

 

spv which indicate combinations of slot-port, slot-VLAN, port-VLAN and

 

slot-port-VLAN respectively. The Switch enters a zero into the PADI and

 

PADR packets for the slot value.

 

 

delimiter

Select a delimiter to separate the identifier-string, slot ID, port number

 

and/or VLAN ID from each other. You can use a pound key (#), semi-

 

colon (;), period (.), comma (,), forward slash (/) or space.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

32.5 PPPoE IA Per-Port

Use this screen to specify whether individual ports are trusted or untrusted ports and have the Switch add extra information to PPPoE discovery packets from PPPoE clients on a per-port basis.

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