[NCLUG] Qwest DSL w/ PPPoE(oA)

[Jeffrey Means]

Talk to FRII...

On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 14:15 -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:

> 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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