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1 | .TH network-zone-pppoe 8 "21 Jun 2012" "@VERSION@" "network man page" |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | network-zone-pppoe \- Network Configuration Control Program | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 7 | \fBnetwork [OPTIONS] zone create <zone> pppoe ...\fR | |
| 8 | .P | |
| 9 | All options may be edited on zones which have already been set up with the \fBpppoe\fR hook: | |
| 10 | .P | |
| 11 | \fBnetwork [OPTIONS] zone <zone> edit ...\fR | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 14 | The pppoe hook creates a PPPoE connection to your ISP. | |
| 15 | .PP | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| 18 | The \fBpppoe\fR hook offers various configuration options: | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | \fB--port\fR = ... | |
| 21 | .RS 4 | |
| 22 | This options sets the port, pppd is using to connect to the modem. | |
| 23 | .PP | |
| 24 | This may be a normal ethernet or vlan interface. | |
| 25 | .RE | |
| 26 | .PP | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | \fB--username\fR = ... | |
| 29 | .RS 4 | |
| 30 | Sets the username for authentication. | |
| 31 | .RE | |
| 32 | .PP | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | \fB--password\fR = ... | |
| 35 | .RS 4 | |
| 36 | Sets the password for authentication. | |
| 37 | .PP | |
| 38 | Use the \fB--auth=\fR option to transmit it in a secure manner to the provider. | |
| 39 | .RE | |
| 40 | .PP | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | \fB--mtu\fR = 1492 | |
| 43 | .RS 4 | |
| 44 | Sets the default MTU of the PPP connection. The default value is 1492 which is | |
| 45 | a common MTU used for DSL. | |
| 46 | .RE | |
| 47 | .PP | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | \fB--auth\fR = [chap|pap] | |
| 50 | .RS 4 | |
| 51 | Define the authentication method that is used to authenticate | |
| 52 | against your provider. The default is to use the provider's preference. | |
| 53 | .PP | |
| 54 | * \fBChallange-Handshake Authentication Protocol\fR (chap) is the preferred | |
| 55 | secure method. | |
| 56 | .PP | |
| 57 | * \fBPassword Authentication Protocol\fR (pap) sends the plaintext password | |
| 58 | to the authentication server which is the reason why it should be avoided | |
| 59 | to use PAP. | |
| 60 | .RE | |
| 61 | .PP | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | \fB--access-concentrator\fR = ... | |
| 64 | .RS 4 | |
| 65 | By this option, you may define the name of the access concentrator. | |
| 66 | .RE | |
| 67 | .PP | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | \fB--service-name\fR = ... | |
| 70 | .RS 4 | |
| 71 | By this option, you may define the service name. | |
| 72 | .RE | |
| 73 | .PP | |
| 74 | ||
| 75 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 76 | network(8), network-zone(8) | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 79 | Michael Tremer (michael.tremer@ipfire.org) |