[openbeosnetteam] Re: Protocols types

> > Which number does 3Com use and with which number does it interfer?
> > How do we want to handle this? If I understand you correctly, the
> > problem is
> > that an ethernet packet might have a type IP, but actually it is
> > 3Com's
> > PPPoE packet, right? How does Linux/BSD handle that?
>
> The issue is that some broken ISPs, instead of 0x8863 and 0x8864, use
> their own proprietary PPPoE ethernet types. These vary from provider to
> provider. Some Brazilian ISPs are broken as well.

Then, this should be no problem because our PPPoE implementation could
handle all types by using another type code. We could specify that in a
config file or somewhere else (as a dialup parameter).

Waldemar

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