Chapter 8
| Authentication Commands
PPPoE Intermediate Agent
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pppoe
intermediate-agent
format-type
This command sets the access node identifier and generic error message for the
switch. Use the no form to restore the default settings.
Syntax
pppoe intermediate-agent format-type {access-node-identifier id-string |
generic-error-message error-message}
no pppoe intermediate-agent format-type {access-node-identifier |
generic-error-message}
id-string - String identifying this switch as an PPPoE IA to the PPPoE server.
(Range: 1-48 ASCII characters)
error-message - An error message notifying the sender that the PPPoE
Discovery packet was too large.
Default Setting
â—† Access Node Identifier: IP address of the first IPv4 interface on the switch.
â—† Generic Error Message: PPPoE Discover packet too large to process. Try
reducing the number of tags added.
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Command Usage
â—† The switch uses the access-node-identifier to generate the circuit-id for PPPoE
discovery stage packets sent to the BRAS, but does not modify the source or
destination MAC address of these PPPoE discovery packets.
â—† These messages are forwarded to all trusted ports designated by the pppoe
intermediate-agent trust command.
Example
Console(config)#pppoe intermediate-agent format-type access-node-identifier
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Console(config)#
pppoe
intermediate-agent
port-enable
This command enables the PPPoE IA on an interface. Use the no form to disable this
feature.
Syntax
[no] pppoe intermediate-agent port-enable
Default Setting
Disabled