Nortel Networks 8000 - Manual (Page 470)

Nortel Secure Router 8000 Series
Configuration -WAN Access 12 PPPoE configuration
If the shutdown and the undo shutdown commands or restart command are run after you
configure the PPPoE service name, the users who have accessed the previous configurations
are re-authenticated.
12.2.4 Checking the configuration
Run the following commands to check the previous configuration.
Action Command
Check the information about all
PPPoE sessions.
display pppoe-server session all
Check the statistics of PPPoE
sessions. display pppoe-server session packet
Check the statistics of PPPoE
sessions over an interface. display pppoe-server session statistics interface
interface-type interface-number
12.3 Configuring PPPoE parameters
12.3.1 Establishing the configuration task
Applicable environment
After configuring PPPoE, configure PPPoE parameters as required to optimize the link
channel, including:
• Logging the status changes of PPPoE users.
• Specifying the maximum number of PPPoE sessions that can be set up on a local MAC
address.
• Specifying the maximum number of PPPoE sessions that can be set up on a peer MAC
address.
• Specifying the maximum number of PPPoE sessions that can be set up the on the local
system.
Preconfiguration tasks
Before configuring PPPoE parameters, complete Configuring basic PPPoE functions.
Data preparation
To configure PPPoE parameters, you need the following data.
No. Data
1 The maximum number of sessions that can be set up on a local MAC address
2 The maximum number of sessions that can be set up on a peer MAC address
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