NAME
pppoerd — PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) relay
SYNOPSIS
pppoerd
[-c
config-file]
[-d
debug-level]
[-l
log-file]
DESCRIPTION
You need the
pppoerd
daemon if the PPPoE client and the server are not on the
same link.
Options
pppoerd
supports the following options:
- -c config-file
Specify the configuration file with absolute path
to be used by
pppoerd.
The default configuration file is
/etc/ppp/pppoerd.conf.
- -d debug-level
Specify the debug level at which logging has to be
enabled.
The three debug levels are:
- LOG_ERROR
Logs all error messages.
To log these messages, type
-d 0
on the command line.
- LOG_WARN
Logs all warning messages.
To log these messages, type
-d 1
on the command line.
- LOG_DEBUG
Logs function level debug messages.
To log these messages, type
-d 2
on the command line.
- -l log-file
Specify the log file with absolute path, to which
pppoerd
must
log all messages. The default log file is
/var/adm/pppoerd.log.
EXAMPLES
An example usage of
pppoerd
is as follows:
/usr/sbin/pppoerd -c tmp/pppoerd.conf -d 0
WARNINGS
Note that, you cannot run the relay without
/etc/ppp/pppoerd.conf
file. See
pppoerd.conf(4)
for more information.
AUTHOR
pppoerd
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
- pppoesd
PPPoE server daemon
- pppoec
PPPoE client
- pppoerd.conf
PPPoE relay configuration file
- pppd
PPP daemon
