[NCLUG] Qwest DSL w/ PPPoE(oA)

[Stephen Warren]

Is anyone out there running Qwest DSL (or Qwest wiring with a different
stable ISP) with their DSL modem configured in bridging mode, and a
PPPoE client running on a Linux box (or indeed, even on anything other
than the DSL modem)

I'm curious if

a) This works
b) Qwest (or the ISP) supports it
c) (b) will be acknowledged by Qwest (or the ISP)

Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Note: I've read all about rp-pppoe, so I'm not necessarily looking for
information about how to set this up. I'm just trying to find out if the
ISPs support it in the first place.

The end idea is that I'll get a set of DSL lines, run a separate OpenVPN
connection across each DSL line to a server out on the net, and have
both ends of the VPN dump into TAP interfaces each enslaved into a
bonding adapter, to aggregate all the cheap bandwidth into one
simple-to-use large line. In that setup, It seems easier not to use NAT
etc on the DSL modems, but have them be dumb and just do the
ATM<->Ethernet (en/de)-capsulation.

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