HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Command Reference

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pppoe-client
Use pppoe-client to establish a PPPoE session and specify the dialer bundle corresponding to the session.
Use undo pppoe-client to remove a PPPoE session.
Syntax
pppoe-client dial-bundle-number number [ no-hostuniq ] | idle-timeout seconds [ queue-length
packets ] ]
undo pppoe-client dial-bundle-number number
Default
The Host-Uniq field is carried.
Default
No PPPoE session is established.
Views
Ethernet interface view
Default command level
2: System level
Parameters
dial-bundle-number number: Specifies the dialer bundle number corresponding to a PPPoE session, in
the range of 1 to 255. A dialer bundle number uniquely identifies a PPPoE session, it can also be used
as a PPPoE session ID.
no-hostuniq: Specifies the client not to carry the Host-Uniq field. By default, this field is carried.
idle-timeout seconds: Specifies the PPPoE session idle time in the range of 1 to 65535. If this option is
specified, the PPPoE session operates in packet-triggered mode. If this option is not specified, the PPPoE
session established operates in permanent mode.
queue-length packets: Specifies the number of the packets that can be cached before the PPPoE session
is established. The packets argument is in the range of 1 to 100 and defaults to 10. This option becomes
valid only when the idle-timeout keyword is configured.
Usage guidelines
You can establish multiple PPPoE sessions on an Ethernet interface, or an Ethernet interface can belong
to multiple dialer bundles. However, a dialer bundle can correspond to only one Ethernet interface. Each
PPPoE session uniquely corresponds to a dialer bundle. If an Ethernet interface in a dialer bundle of a
dialer interface is used to establish a PPPoE session, you cannot add any interfaces to the dialer bundle.
Likewise, if a dialer bundle contains interfaces other than the PPPoE Ethernet interface, this dialer bundle
cannot be added to an Ethernet interface operating as a PPPoE client.
A PPPoE session operates in one of the following modes:
• Permanent mode—If you configure the pppoe-client command without specifying the idle-timeout
seconds option, the device initiates a PPPoE call to establish a PPPoE session immediately after the
physical line is up. After the PPPoE session is established, it can only be terminated by the undo
pppoe-client command.
• Packet-triggered mode—If you configure the pppoe-client command with the idle-timeout seconds
option specified, the device tries to establish the PPPoE session only when it has data to transmit. For