[openbeosnetteam] Re: Interfaces
- From: "Bruno G. Albuquerque" <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:50:57 -0300
Axel Dörfler wrote:
That reminds me: how does PPPoE come into play here? Is it just another
interface on the ethernet device? So should ifconfig hide it under the
ethernet device then in your opinion?
PPPoE is usually implemented as a separate logical interface that
happens to use a ethernet device. The device itself is just used by it
and, other than that, is not directly related to it at all.
ifconfig would simply show a separate entry for a device called pppoe or
something like that. PPPoE uses the ethernet card as PPP uses a modem.
-Bruno
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