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+Network Working Group L. Mamakos
+Request for Comments: 2516 K. Lidl
+Category: Informational J. Evarts
+ UUNET Technologies, Inc.
+ D. Carrel
+ D. Simone
+ RedBack Networks, Inc.
+ R. Wheeler
+ RouterWare, Inc.
+ February 1999
+
+
+ A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)
+
+Status of this Memo
+
+ This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
+ not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
+ memo is unlimited.
+
+Copyright Notice
+
+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
+
+Abstract
+
+ The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for
+ transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.
+
+ This document describes how to build PPP sessions and encapsulate PPP
+ packets over Ethernet.
+
+Applicability
+
+ This specification is intended to provide the facilities which are
+ defined for PPP, such as the Link Control Protocol, Network-layer
+ Control Protocols, authentication, and more. These capabilities
+ require a point-to-point relationship between the peers, and are not
+ designed for the multi-point relationships which are available in
+ Ethernet and other multi-access environments.
+
+ This specification can be used by multiple hosts on a shared,
+ Ethernet to open PPP sessions to multiple destinations via one or
+ more bridging modems. It is intended to be used with broadband
+ remote access technologies that provide a bridged Ethernet topology,
+ when access providers wish to maintain the session abstraction
+ associated with PPP.
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+ This document describes the PPP Over Ethernet encapsulation that is
+ being deployed by RedBack Networks, RouterWare, UUNET and others.
+
+1. Introduction
+
+ Modern access technologies are faced with several conflicting goals.
+ It is desirable to connect multiple hosts at a remote site through
+ the same customer premise access device. It is also a goal to
+ provide access control and billing functionality in a manner similar
+ to dial-up services using PPP. In many access technologies, the most
+ cost effective method to attach multiple hosts to the customer
+ premise access device, is via Ethernet. In addition, it is desirable
+ to keep the cost of this device as low as possible while requiring
+ little or no configuration.
+
+ PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) provides the ability to connect a network
+ of hosts over a simple bridging access device to a remote Access
+ Concentrator. With this model, each host utilizes it's own PPP stack
+ and the user is presented with a familiar user interface. Access
+ control, billing and type of service can be done on a per-user,
+ rather than a per-site, basis.
+
+ To provide a point-to-point connection over Ethernet, each PPP
+ session must learn the Ethernet address of the remote peer, as well
+ as establish a unique session identifier. PPPoE includes a discovery
+ protocol that provides this.
+
+2. Conventions
+
+ The keywords MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
+ SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL, when they appear in this
+ document, are to be interpreted as described in [2].
+
+3. Protocol Overview
+
+ PPPoE has two distinct stages. There is a Discovery stage and a PPP
+ Session stage. When a Host wishes to initiate a PPPoE session, it
+ must first perform Discovery to identify the Ethernet MAC address of
+ the peer and establish a PPPoE SESSION_ID. While PPP defines a
+ peer-to-peer relationship, Discovery is inherently a client-server
+ relationship. In the Discovery process, a Host (the client)
+ discovers an Access Concentrator (the server). Based on the network
+ topology, there may be more than one Access Concentrator that the
+ Host can communicate with. The Discovery stage allows the Host to
+ discover all Access Concentrators and then select one. When
+ Discovery completes successfully, both the Host and the selected
+ Access Concentrator have the information they will use to build their
+ point-to-point connection over Ethernet.
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+ The Discovery stage remains stateless until a PPP session is
+ established. Once a PPP session is established, both the Host and
+ the Access Concentrator MUST allocate the resources for a PPP virtual
+ interface.
+
+4. Payloads
+
+ The following packet formats are defined here. The payload contents
+ will be defined in the Discovery and PPP sections.
+
+ An Ethernet frame is as follows:
+
+ 1
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | DESTINATION_ADDR |
+ | (6 octets) |
+ | |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | SOURCE_ADDR |
+ | (6 octets) |
+ | |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | ETHER_TYPE (2 octets) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ ~ ~
+ ~ payload ~
+ ~ ~
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | CHECKSUM |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+ The DESTINATION_ADDR field contains either a unicast Ethernet
+ destination address, or the Ethernet broadcast address (0xffffffff).
+ For Discovery packets, the value is either a unicast or broadcast
+ address as defined in the Discovery section. For PPP session
+ traffic, this field MUST contain the peer's unicast address as
+ determined from the Discovery stage.
+
+ The SOURCE_ADDR field MUST contains the Ethernet MAC address of the
+ source device.
+
+ The ETHER_TYPE is set to either 0x8863 (Discovery Stage) or 0x8864
+ (PPP Session Stage).
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+ The Ethernet payload for PPPoE is as follows:
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+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | VER | TYPE | CODE | SESSION_ID |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | LENGTH | payload ~
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+ The VER field is four bits and MUST be set to 0x1 for this version of
+ the PPPoE specification.
+
+ The TYPE field is four bits and MUST be set to 0x1 for this version
+ of the PPPoE specification.
+
+ The CODE field is eight bits and is defined below for the Discovery
+ and PPP Session stages.
+
+ The SESSION_ID field is sixteen bits. It is an unsigned value in
+ network byte order. It's value is defined below for Discovery
+ packets. The value is fixed for a given PPP session and, in fact,
+ defines a PPP session along with the Ethernet SOURCE_ADDR and
+ DESTINATION_ADDR. A value of 0xffff is reserved for future use and
+ MUST NOT be used
+
+ The LENGTH field is sixteen bits. The value, in network byte order,
+ indicates the length of the PPPoE payload. It does not include the
+ length of the Ethernet or PPPoE headers.
+
+5. Discovery Stage
+
+ There are four steps to the Discovery stage. When it completes, both
+ peers know the PPPoE SESSION_ID and the peer's Ethernet address,
+ which together define the PPPoE session uniquely. The steps consist
+ of the Host broadcasting an Initiation packet, one or more Access
+ Concentrators sending Offer packets, the Host sending a unicast
+ Session Request packet and the selected Access Concentrator sending a
+ Confirmation packet. When the Host receives the Confirmation packet,
+ it may proceed to the PPP Session Stage. When the Access
+ Concentrator sends the Confirmation packet, it may proceed to the PPP
+ Session Stage.
+
+ All Discovery Ethernet frames have the ETHER_TYPE field set to the
+ value 0x8863.
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+ The PPPoE payload contains zero or more TAGs. A TAG is a TLV (type-
+ length-value) construct and is defined as follows:
+
+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | TAG_TYPE | TAG_LENGTH |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | TAG_VALUE ... ~
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+ TAG_TYPE is a sixteen bit field in network byte order. Appendix A
+ contains a list of all TAG_TYPEs and their TAG_VALUEs.
+
+ TAG_LENGTH is a sixteen bit field. It is an unsigned number in
+ network byte order, indicating the length in octets of the TAG_VALUE.
+
+ If a discovery packet is received with a TAG of unknown TAG_TYPE, the
+ TAG MUST be ignored unless otherwise specified in this document.
+ This provides for backwards compatibility if/when new TAGs are added.
+ If new mandatory TAGs are added, the version number will be
+ incremented.
+
+ Some example Discovery packets are shown in Appendix B.
+
+5.1 The PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation (PADI) packet
+
+ The Host sends the PADI packet with the DESTINATION_ADDR set to the
+ broadcast address. The CODE field is set to 0x09 and the SESSION_ID
+ MUST be set to 0x0000.
+
+ The PADI packet MUST contain exactly one TAG of TAG_TYPE Service-
+ Name, indicating the service the Host is requesting, and any number
+ of other TAG types. An entire PADI packet (including the PPPoE
+ header) MUST NOT exceed 1484 octets so as to leave sufficient room
+ for a relay agent to add a Relay-Session-Id TAG.
+
+5.2 The PPPoE Active Discovery Offer (PADO) packet
+
+ When the Access Concentrator receives a PADI that it can serve, it
+ replies by sending a PADO packet. The DESTINATION_ADDR is the
+ unicast address of the Host that sent the PADI. The CODE field is
+ set to 0x07 and the SESSION_ID MUST be set to 0x0000.
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+ The PADO packet MUST contain one AC-Name TAG containing the Access
+ Concentrator's name, a Service-Name TAG identical to the one in the
+ PADI, and any number of other Service-Name TAGs indicating other
+ services that the Access Concentrator offers. If the Access
+ Concentrator can not serve the PADI it MUST NOT respond with a PADO.
+
+5.3 The PPPoE Active Discovery Request (PADR) packet
+
+ Since the PADI was broadcast, the Host may receive more than one
+ PADO. The Host looks through the PADO packets it receives and
+ chooses one. The choice can be based on the AC-Name or the Services
+ offered. The Host then sends one PADR packet to the Access
+ Concentrator that it has chosen. The DESTINATION_ADDR field is set
+ to the unicast Ethernet address of the Access Concentrator that sent
+ the PADO. The CODE field is set to 0x19 and the SESSION_ID MUST be
+ set to 0x0000.
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+ The PADR packet MUST contain exactly one TAG of TAG_TYPE Service-
+ Name, indicating the service the Host is requesting, and any number
+ of other TAG types.
+
+5.4 The PPPoE Active Discovery Session-confirmation (PADS) packet
+
+ When the Access Concentrator receives a PADR packet, it prepares to
+ begin a PPP session. It generates a unique SESSION_ID for the PPPoE
+ session and replies to the Host with a PADS packet. The
+ DESTINATION_ADDR field is the unicast Ethernet address of the Host
+ that sent the PADR. The CODE field is set to 0x65 and the SESSION_ID
+ MUST be set to the unique value generated for this PPPoE session.
+
+ The PADS packet contains exactly one TAG of TAG_TYPE Service-Name,
+ indicating the service under which Access Concentrator has accepted
+ the PPPoE session, and any number of other TAG types.
+
+ If the Access Concentrator does not like the Service-Name in the
+ PADR, then it MUST reply with a PADS containing a TAG of TAG_TYPE
+ Service-Name-Error (and any number of other TAG types). In this case
+ the SESSION_ID MUST be set to 0x0000.
+
+5.5 The PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate (PADT) packet
+
+ This packet may be sent anytime after a session is established to
+ indicate that a PPPoE session has been terminated. It may be sent by
+ either the Host or the Access Concentrator. The DESTINATION_ADDR
+ field is a unicast Ethernet address, the CODE field is set to 0xa7
+ and the SESSION_ID MUST be set to indicate which session is to be
+ terminated. No TAGs are required.
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+ When a PADT is received, no further PPP traffic is allowed to be sent
+ using that session. Even normal PPP termination packets MUST NOT be
+ sent after sending or receiving a PADT. A PPP peer SHOULD use the
+ PPP protocol itself to bring down a PPPoE session, but the PADT MAY
+ be used when PPP can not be used.
+
+6. PPP Session Stage
+
+ Once the PPPoE session begins, PPP data is sent as in any other PPP
+ encapsulation. All Ethernet packets are unicast. The ETHER_TYPE
+ field is set to 0x8864. The PPPoE CODE MUST be set to 0x00. The
+ SESSION_ID MUST NOT change for that PPPoE session and MUST be the
+ value assigned in the Discovery stage. The PPPoE payload contains a
+ PPP frame. The frame begins with the PPP Protocol-ID.
+
+ An example packet is shown in Appendix B.
+
+7. LCP Considerations
+
+ The Magic Number LCP configuration option is RECOMMENDED, and the
+ Protocol Field Compression (PFC) option is NOT RECOMMENDED. An
+ implementation MUST NOT request any of the following options, and
+ MUST reject a request for such an option:
+
+ Field Check Sequence (FCS) Alternatives,
+
+ Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC),
+
+ Asynchronous-Control-Character-Map (ACCM)
+
+ The Maximum-Receive-Unit (MRU) option MUST NOT be negotiated to a
+ larger size than 1492. Since Ethernet has a maximum payload size of
+ 1500 octets, the PPPoE header is 6 octets and the PPP Protocol ID is
+ 2 octets, the PPP MTU MUST NOT be greater than 1492.
+
+ It is RECOMMENDED that the Access Concentrator ocassionally send
+ Echo-Request packets to the Host to determine the state of the
+ session. Otherwise, if the Host terminates a session without sending
+ a Terminate-Request packet, the Access Concentrator will not be able
+ to determine that the session has gone away.
+
+ When LCP terminates, the Host and Access concentrator MUST stop using
+ that PPPoE session. If the Host wishes to start another PPP session,
+ it MUST return to the PPPoE Discovery stage.
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+8. Other Considerations
+
+ When a host does not receive a PADO packet within a specified amount
+ of time, it SHOULD resend it's PADI packet and double the waiting
+ period. This is repeated as many times as desired. If the Host is
+ waiting to receive a PADS packet, a similar timeout mechanism SHOULD
+ be used, with the Host re-sending the PADR. After a specified number
+ of retries, the Host SHOULD then resend a PADI packet.
+
+ The ETHER_TYPEs used in this document (0x8863 and 0x8864) have been
+ assigned by the IEEE for use by PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE). Use of
+ these values and the PPPoE VER (version) field uniquely identify this
+ protocol.
+
+ UTF-8 [5] is used throughout this document instead of ASCII. UTF-8
+ supports the entire ASCII character set while allowing for
+ international character sets as well. See [5] for more details.
+
+9. Security Considerations
+
+ To help protect against Denial of Service (DOS) attacks, the Access
+ Concentrator can employ the AC-Cookie TAG. The Access Concentrator
+ SHOULD be able to uniquely regenerate the TAG_VALUE based on the PADR
+ SOURCE_ADDR. Using this, the Access Concentrator can ensure that the
+ PADI SOURCE_ADDR is indeed reachable and can then limit concurrent
+ sessions for that address. What algorithm to use is not defined and
+ left as an implementation detail. An example is HMAC [3] over the
+ Host MAC address using a key known only to the Access > Concentrator.
+ While the AC-Cookie is useful against some DOS attacks, it can not
+ protect against all DOS attacks and an Access Concentrator MAY employ
+ other means to protect resources.
+
+ While the AC-Cookie is useful against some DOS attacks, it can not
+ protect against all DOS attacks and an Access Concentrator MAY employ
+ other means to protect resources.
+
+ Many Access Concentrators will not wish to offer information
+ regarding what services they offer to an unauthenticated entity. In
+ that case the Access Concentrator should employ one of two policies.
+ It SHOULD never refuse a request based on the Service-Name TAG, and
+ always return the TAG_VALUE that was sent to it. Or it SHOULD only
+ accept requests with a Service-Name TAG with a zero TAG_LENGTH
+ (indicating any service). The former solution is RECOMMENDED.
+
+10. Acknowledgments
+
+ This document is based on concepts discussed in several forums,
+ including the ADSL forum.
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+ Copious amounts of text have been stolen from RFC 1661, RFC 1662 and
+ RFC 2364.
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+11. References
+
+ [1] Simpson, W., Editor, "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)", STD 51,
+ RFC 1661, July 1994
+
+ [2] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
+ Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
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+ [3] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-Hashing
+ for Message Authentication", RFC 2104, February 1998.
+
+ [4] Reynolds, J. and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", STD 2, RFC 1700,
+ October 1994. See also: http://www.iana.org/numbers.html
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+ [5] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", RFC
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+ TAG_TYPES and TAG_VALUES
+
+ 0x0000 End-Of-List
+
+ This TAG indicates that there are no further TAGs in the list. The
+ TAG_LENGTH of this TAG MUST always be zero. Use of this TAG is
+ not required, but remains for backwards compatibility.
+
+ 0x0101 Service-Name
+
+ This TAG indicates that a service name follows. The TAG_VALUE is
+ an UTF-8 string that is NOT NULL terminated. When the TAG_LENGTH
+ is zero this TAG is used to indicate that any service is
+ acceptable. Examples of the use of the Service-Name TAG are to
+ indicate an ISP name or a class or quality of service.
+
+ 0x0102 AC-Name
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+ This TAG indicates that a string follows which uniquely identifies
+ this particular Access Concentrator unit from all others. It may
+ be a combination of trademark, model, and serial id information,
+ or simply an UTF-8 rendition of the MAC address of the box. It is
+ not NULL terminated.
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+ 0x0103 Host-Uniq
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+ This TAG is used by a Host to uniquely associate an Access
+ Concentrator response (PADO or PADS) to a particular Host request
+ (PADI or PADR). The TAG_VALUE is binary data of any value and
+ length that the Host chooses. It is not interpreted by the Access
+ Concentrator. The Host MAY include a Host-Uniq TAG in a PADI or
+ PADR. If the Access Concentrator receives this TAG, it MUST
+ include the TAG unmodified in the associated PADO or PADS
+ response.
+
+ 0x0104 AC-Cookie
+
+ This TAG is used by the Access Concentrator to aid in protecting
+ against denial of service attacks (see the Security Considerations
+ section for an explanation of how this works). The Access
+ Concentrator MAY include this TAG in a PADO packet. If a Host
+ receives this TAG, it MUST return the TAG unmodified in the
+ following PADR. The TAG_VALUE is binary data of any value and
+ length and is not interpreted by the Host.
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+ 0x0105 Vendor-Specific
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+ This TAG is used to pass vendor proprietary information. The
+ first four octets of the TAG_VALUE contain the vendor id and the
+ remainder is unspecified. The high-order octet of the vendor id
+ is 0 and the low-order 3 octets are the SMI Network Management
+ Private Enterprise Code of the Vendor in network byte order, as
+ defined in the Assigned Numbers RFC [4].
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+ Use of this TAG is NOT RECOMMENDED. To ensure inter-operability,
+ an implementation MAY silently ignore a Vendor-Specific TAG.
+
+ 0x0110 Relay-Session-Id
+
+ This TAG MAY be added to any discovery packet by an intermediate
+ agent that is relaying traffic. The TAG_VALUE is opaque to both
+ the Host and the Access Concentrator. If either the Host or
+ Access Concentrator receives this TAG they MUST include it
+ unmodified in any discovery packet they send as a response. All
+ PADI packets MUST guarantee sufficient room for the addition of a
+ Relay-Session-Id TAG with a TAG_VALUE length of 12 octets.
+
+ A Relay-Session-Id TAG MUST NOT be added if the discovery packet
+ already contains one. In that case the intermediate agent SHOULD
+ use the existing Relay-Session-Id TAG. If it can not use the
+ existing TAG or there is insufficient room to add a Relay-
+ Session-Id TAG, then it SHOULD return a Generic-Error TAG to the
+ sender.
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+ 0x0201 Service-Name-Error
+
+ This TAG (typically with a zero-length data section) indicates
+ that for one reason or another, the requested Service-Name request
+ could not be honored.
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+ If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then
+ it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains why the request
+ was denied. This string MAY NOT be NULL terminated.
+
+ 0x0202 AC-System-Error
+
+ This TAG indicates that the Access Concentrator experienced some
+ error in performing the Host request. (For example insufficient
+ resources to create a virtual circuit.) It MAY be included in
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+ If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then
+ it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains the nature of
+ the error. This string MAY NOT be NULL terminated.
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+ 0x0203 Generic-Error
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+ This TAG indicates an error. It can be added to PADO, PADR or
+ PADS packets when an unrecoverable error occurs and no other error
+ TAG is appropriate. If there is data then it MUST be an UTF-8
+ string which explains the nature of the error. This string MUST
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+ The following are some example packets:
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+ A PADI packet:
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+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0xffffffff |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0xffff | Host_mac_addr |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Host_mac_addr (cont) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | ETHER_TYPE = 0x8863 | v = 1 | t = 1 | CODE = 0x09 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | SESSION_ID = 0x0000 | LENGTH = 0x0004 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | TAG_TYPE = 0x0101 | TAG_LENGTH = 0x0000 |
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+ 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Host_mac_addr |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Host_mac_addr (cont) | Access_Concentrator_mac_addr |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Access_Concentrator_mac_addr (cont) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | ETHER_TYPE = 0x8863 | v = 1 | t = 1 | CODE = 0x07 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | SESSION_ID = 0x0000 | LENGTH = 0x0020 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | TAG_TYPE = 0x0101 | TAG_LENGTH = 0x0000 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | TAG_TYPE = 0x0102 | TAG_LENGTH = 0x0018 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x47 | 0x6f | 0x20 | 0x52 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x65 | 0x64 | 0x42 | 0x61 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x63 | 0x6b | 0x20 | 0x2d |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x20 | 0x65 | 0x73 | 0x68 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x73 | 0x68 | 0x65 | 0x73 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | 0x68 | 0x6f | 0x6f | 0x74 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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+ A PPP LCP packet: The PPP protocol value is shown (0xc021) but the
+ PPP payload is left to the reader. This is a packet from the Host to
+ the Access Concentrator.
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+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Access_Concentrator_mac_addr |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |Access_Concentrator_mac_addr(c)| Host_mac_addr |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Host_mac_addr (cont) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | ETHER_TYPE = 0x8864 | v = 1 | t = 1 | CODE = 0x00 |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | SESSION_ID = 0x1234 | LENGTH = 0x???? |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | PPP PROTOCOL = 0xc021 | PPP payload ~
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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+Authors' Addresses
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+ Louis Mamakos
+ UUNET Technologies, Inc.
+ 3060 Williams Drive
+ Fairfax, VA 22031-4648
+ United States of America
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+ EMail: louie@uu.net
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+ Kurt Lidl
+ UUNET Technologies, Inc.
+ 3060 Williams Drive
+ Fairfax, VA 22031-4648
+ United States of America
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+ EMail: lidl@uu.net
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+ Jeff Evarts
+ UUNET Technologies, Inc.
+ 3060 Williams Drive
+ Fairfax, VA 22031-4648
+ United States of America
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+ EMail: jde@uu.net
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+ David Carrel
+ RedBack Networks, Inc.
+ 1389 Moffett Park Drive
+ Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1134
+ United States of America
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+ EMail: carrel@RedBack.net
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+ Dan Simone
+ RedBack Networks, Inc.
+ 1389 Moffett Park Drive
+ Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1134
+ United States of America
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+ EMail:dan@RedBack.net
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+ Ross Wheeler
+ RouterWare, Inc.
+ 3961 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 212
+ Newport Beach, CA 92660
+ United States of America
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+ EMail: ross@routerware.com
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