[e2e] on local ethernet throughput?

[Woojune Kim]

Hello,

I was just wondering about the comment w.r.t PPPoE being an abomination.


While I agree it is a complete mess and not very pretty, I think it was
deployed because network operators had a real problem : authenticating
users and making money when deploying DSL modems.

I've always wondered if there are any other methods that could have been
used. 

thanks

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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:11:41 -0600 (MDT)
From: Vernon Schryver <vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com>
To: end2end-interest at postel.org
Subject: Re: [e2e] on local ethernet throughput?

> From: Graham Cope <G.Cope at ftel.co.uk>

> > we still teach students about bridging?

> And some of us in the DSL community might suggest that you teach them
> about PPPoE as well.

If people had been taught the facts of bridging instead of merely
the trade rag and salescritter "bullet items," we might not have
the abomination that is PPPoE.


Vernon Schryver    vjs at rhyolite.com