PPPoE

External resources

	Wikipedia

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames inside Ethernet frames.

Installation

Install net-dialup/rp-pppoe:

root # emerge --ask rp-pppoe

Configure system to run ppp, see how to configure ppp client.

Configuration

Provided eth0 should be used for connection:

File/etc/conf.d/netAdd:

rc_need_ppp1="firewall net.eth0" # firewall is optional
config_ppp1="ppp"
plugins_ppp1="pppoe"
link_ppp1="eth0"
username_ppp1=''   # set your username
password_ppp1=''   # set your password

Provide an init script for the PPP device by symlinking to net.lo:

root # ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.ppp1

Management

root # /etc/init.d/net.ppp1 start
root # /etc/init.d/net.ppp1 stop