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2. What is the home router’s secret for PPP authentication?
3. Does the home router need PPP authentication for the remote router (company router)?
If yes:
a. What is the remote router’s name for PPP authentication?
b. What is the remote router’s secret for PPP authentication?
If no:
a. Use the command
remote disauthen
<remoteName>
where
<remoteName>
is the name used to
refer to the company’s router.
4. Does the remote router dynamically assign an IP address for this PPP session?
If yes:
a. Use IP address translation (NAT)
If no and the home router is to behave as a LAN at home
:
a. Which IP address and network mask does the home router use for its LAN at home? Use the
eth
ip addr
command to set the LAN at home. Do not enable IP address translation (NAT) for the
remote (company) router.
If no and the home router is to behave as a host at home
:
b. Which IP address does it use at home? Assuming an IP address of www.xxx.yyy.zzz, use the
command:
remote setsrcipaddr www.xxx.yyy.zzz 255.255.255.255
<remoteName>
remote setiptranslate on
<remoteName>
5. Which IP and network addresses does the home router access at work through this PPP session?
PPP remote answers
For our example, let us assume the answers to the above PPP Remote-Specific Questions are as follows:
1. ppp_soho
2. ppp_soho_secret
3. We assume that this router will authenticate the router at work with the following information:
a) the company router’s name is: ppp_work
b) the company router’s PPP secret is: ppp_work_secret
4. We assume that the company’s router will dynamically assign an IP address to the home router.
5. 172.16.0.0/255.240.0.0
PPP remote configuration commands
For our example, these commands would be used to set up the PPP remote information for tunneling to
work:
remote add ppp_work