[nsp] PPPoE xDSL Termination Benefits? (was Total PVC's per router ..)

[Kent Yu]

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/tech/tk175/tk819/technologies_white_pape
r09186a0080093bd2.shtml#topic3

HTH
--kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Loftis" <mloftis at wgops.com>
To: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:02 AM
Subject: [nsp] PPPoE xDSL Termination Benefits? (was Total PVC's per router
..)


> I've personally always had a hard time understanding what the benefits are
> of using PPPoE for xDSL connectivity.
>
> Anyoen care to elaborate on why one would prefer that over say static IPs
> or DHCP or say routed?
>
> I know I probably sound like a bumpkin asking, but I really would like to
> know.  If you feel it's off-topic feel free to respond directly to me
> off-list.  If there is interest I will summarize provided there are no
> objections.
>
> --On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:21 PM -0600 Charles Hardin
> <chardin at centurytel.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We're currently running trial tests for PPPoE connectivity strictly off
> > an ATM DS3 port on a 7206VXR 400. So far, we're hitting the 200
> > subscriber mark and running around 2% on CPU processes. The max VC's per
> > DS3 port, so we've been told, is at 4k. This box will supposedly support
> > "TWO" ATM DS3's with a max total of 8k active VC's. We hope to run up
our
> > subscriber totals on this box and test its performance. Based on how
this
> > box preforms, we may be tempted to trial the NPE-G1 in the near future
> > for PPPoE termination. We use Redbacks currently for all production ADSL
> > PPPoE service nodes we manage.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charles
>
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