PPPoE/v6 Administrator's Guide

Configuring PPPoE
Client Configuration File
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Client Configuration File
/etc/ppp/pppoec.conf is the configuration file for the pppoec daemon.
Upon startup, pppoec reads pppoec.conf to initialize itself. Also, it uses
the parameters specified in this file during the PPPoE session.
Table 3-3 lists the parameters that the client configuration file supports.
Table 3-3 Client Parameters
Parameter Description
service Specifies the name of the service that the
client requires. A value of any means
that the client is ready to accept any of
the available services.
acname Specifies the name of the access
concentrator from which the client
wishes to avail service. This name
uniquely identifies an access
concentrator from its peers.
host-unique Specifies a tag that the host uses to
uniquely associate an access
concentrator response (PADO or PADS) to
a particular host request (PADI or PADR).
To include the tag, set host-unique=1.
To exclude the tag, set host-unique=0.
retry-number Specifies the number of times a PADI or
PADR packet is transmitted when the
access concentrator does not respond to
the client’s request.
timeout Specifies the timeout value in seconds.
pppoec waits for this duration to receive
either a PADO or PADS packet before
retransmitting a PADI or PADR packet.
The default value is 15.