On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:14:09AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > A few things.. > > 1/ thisn is a FreeBSD list so we are not very familiar with linux. > 2/ PPPOE uses PPP which is a point-to-point protocol and does not support > broadcast. > 3/ DHCP is a broadcast protocol and does not support point-to-point > networks. > 4/ PPP (oE) has its own IP allocation mechanism.
But note that he is using DHCP relaying to a remote DHCP server. This original DHCP broadcast is picked up and turned into a unicast message for relaying to the DHCP server. This works quite happily over PPP or indeed any intervening IP network and any number of hops. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
