Setting two PPPoE sessions over a single WAN interface

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Hi

A general questions:

Is it possible to configure two PPPoE sessions over a single WAN interface ?

I thought to configure two logical interface over a single WAN interface, then set a PPPoE protocol for each of the logical interfaces. Is that possible ?

Thanks,
Ilan.

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I found it interesting and I made a quick test. It is possible and it works.

config interface 'PPPoE1'
        option proto 'pppoe'
        option device 'eth0.192'
        option username 'pppoe1'
        option password 'password1'
        option defaultroute '0'
        option peerdns '0'
        option keepalive '5 5'
        option service 'service1'
        option delegate '0'
        option ipv6 '0'

config interface 'PPPoE2'
        option proto 'pppoe'
        option device 'eth0.192'
        option username 'pppoe2'
        option password 'password2'
        option defaultroute '0'
        option peerdns '0'
        option keepalive '5 5'
        option service 'service2'
        option delegate '0'
        option ipv6 '0'

root@OpenWrt:~# ifconfig | grep pppoe -A 7
pppoe-PPPoE1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:192.168.192.10  P-t-P:192.168.192.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:58 (58.0 B)  TX bytes:220 (220.0 B)

pppoe-PPPoE2 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:192.168.193.10  P-t-P:192.168.193.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:58 (58.0 B)  TX bytes:220 (220.0 B)
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Thanks a lot Pavel.

I hope other will gain out of it as well.

So actually multiple PPPoE can be established over WAN, even more than two, according to the need.

Ilan.

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