Web Management Guide-R01

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Chapter 18
| IP Services
Configuring the PPPoE Intermediate Agent
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By default, the parameters for DHCPv6 option 59/60 are not carried by the reply
sent from the DHCPv6 server. To ask for a DHCPv6 reply with option 59/60, the
client can inform the server that it is interested in option 59/60 by sending a
DHCPv6 information request.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
Dynamic Provision via DHCPv6 Status – Enables dynamic provisioning via
DHCP. (Default: Disabled)
Web Interface
To enable dynamic provisioning via DHCPv6:
1. Click IP Service, DHCPv6, Dynamic Provision.
2. Mark the Enable box if dynamic provisioning is configured on the DHCP
deamon, and required for bootup.
3. Click Apply.
Figure 439: Enabling Dynamic Provisioning via DHCPv6
Configuring the PPPoE Intermediate Agent
This section describes how to configure the PPPoE Intermediate Agent (PPPoE IA)
relay parameters required for passing authentication messages between a client
and broadband remote access servers.
Configuring PPPoE IA
Global Settings
Use the IP Service > PPPoE Intermediate Agent (Configure Global) page to enable
the PPPoE IA on the switch, set the access node identifier, and set the generic error
message.
Command Usage
When PPPoE IA is enabled, the switch inserts a tag identifying itself as a PPPoE IA
residing between the attached client requesting network access and the ports
connected to broadband remote access servers (BRAS). The switch extracts access-
loop information from the client’s PPPoE Active Discovery Request, and forwards
this information to all trusted ports (designated on the Configure Interface page).
The BRAS detects the presence of the subscriber’s circuit-ID tag inserted by the