Using Network Connections
5.8 WAN PPPoE Connection
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5.8 WAN PPPoE Connection
WAN Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) relies on two widely
accepted standards: Point-to-Point Protocol and Ethernet. PPPoE enables
Ethernet networked computers to exchange information with computers on the
Internet. PPPoE supports the protocol layers and authentication widely used in
PPP and enables a point-to-point connection to be established in the normally
multipoint architecture of Ethernet. A discovery process in PPPoE determines
the Ethernet MAC address of the remote device in order to establish a session.
Click
WAN PPPoE
in the Network Connections screen to generate the “WAN
PPPoE Properties” screen. This screen displays a list of the connection’s
properties. The only modifications that can be made from this screen are
disabling the connection (by clicking
Disable
) or renaming the connection (by
entering a new name in the “Name” text box).
