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C HAPTER 28 | Authentication Commands
PPPoE Intermediate Agent
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PPP O E I NTERMEDIATE A GENT
This section describes commands used to configure the PPPoE Intermediate
Agent (PPPoE IA) relay parameters required for passing authentication
messages between a client and broadband remote access servers.
pppoe intermediate-
agent
This command enables the PPPoE Intermediate Agent globally on the
switch. Use the no form to disable this feature.
S YNTAX
[no] pppoe intermediate-agent
D EFAULT S ETTING
Disabled
C OMMAND M ODE
Global Configuration
C OMMAND U SAGE
◆ The switch inserts a tag identifying itself as a PPPoE Intermediate Agent
residing between the attached client requesting network access and the
ports connected to broadband remote access servers (BRAS). The
switch extracts access-loop information from the client’s PPPoE Active
Discovery Request, and forwards this information to all trusted ports
designated by the pppoe intermediate-agent trust command. The BRAS
detects the presence of the subscriber’s circuit-ID tag inserted by the
switch during the PPPoE discovery phase, and sends this tag as a NAS-
Table 81: PPPoE Intermediate Agent Commands
Command Function Mode
pppoe intermediate-
agent
Enables the PPPoE IA globally on the switch GC
pppoe intermediate-
agent format-type
Sets the access node identifier and generic error
message for the switch
GC
pppoe intermediate-
agent port-enable
Enables the PPPoE IA on an interface IC
pppoe intermediate-
agent port-format-type
Sets the circuit-id or remote-id for an interface IC
pppoe intermediate-
agent trust
Sets the trust mode for an interface IC
pppoe intermediate-
agent vendor-tag strip
Enables the stripping of vendor tags from PPPoE
Discovery packets sent from a PPPoE server
IC
clear pppoe intermediate-
agent statistics
Clears PPPoE IA statistics PE
show pppoe
intermediate-agent info
Displays PPPoE IA configuration settings PE
show pppoe
intermediate-agent
statistics
Displays PPPoE IA statistics PE