<communications, protocol> (PPPoE) The protocol defined in
RFC 2516 that allows one or more computers to connect to the
Internet via a shared modem. The computers connect to the
modem via a local area network such as Ethernet and the
modem connects to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) via a
serial connection such as PPP over ADSL.
PPPoE provides each user with a connection that looks and
behaves like a point-to-point dial-up connection even though
they are actually sharing an Ethernet or wireless network.
At the same time, the ISP only needs to provide a single
Internet connection, with the same kind of accounting as for
PPP. Also, the IP address is only assigned when the PPPoE
connection is open, allowing the dynamic reuse of IP addresses
via DHCP.
PPPoE works by encapsulating PPP frames in Ethernet
frames.
(2006-09-20)
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