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RE: Does Jetstream support PPP over Ethernet (short: PPPoE)

From: rob.edkins_at_axon.co.nz
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:18:51 +1300
Message-ID: <42CCA0F98530D111A77900805F0D52B3024B6653@AX-AKL-EXCHANGE>

> How would PPPoE work, from a physical perspective. AFAIK ethernet
> requires four wires, and most of the lines which come in to households
> in New Zealand are two-wire, or does the ethernet mean the back-end
> transport medium that goes between the RAN and the ISP's CPE?
>
In a word...encapsulation.

You'd need to bridge ethernet.

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