PPPoE/v6 Administrator's Guide

Configuring PPPoE
Setting Up the Server
Chapter 328
Setting Up the Server
The pppoesd daemon, on the server, performs discovery activities as
described in RFC 2516. pppoesd responds to the client’s PADI and PADR
packets about its willingness to offer services. It generates a unique
session ID for every client it services. In addition, pppoesd forks a pppd
daemon to perform a set of activities in the session phase.
To invoke pppoesd, run the following command on the command line:
pppoesd [-c config-file] [-d debug-level] [-l log-file]
[-c config-file] specifies the configuration file for the PPPoE server.
The default file is /etc/ppp/ppoesd.conf. See Table 3-1 for information
about debug levels.
[-d debug-level] specifies values for various debug levels.
[-l log-file] specifies the file to which pppoesd logs messages. The
default log file is /var/adm/pppoesd.log.
Following is an example of pppoesd usage:
/usr/sbin/pppoesd -d 1 -l /tmp/pppoesd.log
For more information, type man 1m pppoesd at the HP-UX prompt. See
“Server Log File,” on page 43‚ for more information on how pppoesd logs
messages to its log file.
Table 3-1 Debug Levels
Level Description
LOG_ERROR Logs all error messages. To log
these messages, type -d 0 on the
command line.
LOG_WARN Logs all warning messages.To log
these messages, type -d 1 on the
command line.
LOG_DEBUG Logs all function level error
messages. To log these messages,
type -d 2 on the command line.