[ale] kernel mode pppoe?

[Jim Philips]

On Monday 01 July 2002 04:08 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> Stuffed Crust wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:58:06PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> >>Has anyone used the kernel mode pppoe available from roaring penquin?
> >>The docs indicate you must enable modules, but I prefer not to do so for
> >>a firewall.  Anyone done this?
> >
> > I've never used the kernel-mode PPPoE with the Roaring Pengiun client,
> > but I have used it with a patched copy of pppd.  Works quite well, I
> > might add.  :)
>
> So the patch to pppd is only necessary if you're going to use the kernel
> mode pppoe?

Correct. If you use Roaring Penguin, it runs in user space, so the kernel 
isn't involved. I haven't seen the kernel mode option within Roaring Penguin 
PPPoE, but I would imagine it needs the patched version of PPP all the same. 
Anyway, if you have built in kernel support for PPPoE, you don't really need 
the Roaring Penguin client any way. All you have to do is run:

pppd eth0


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