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<DIV>Thanks. Exactly what I was failing to find.</DIV>
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<DIV>Graham</DIV>
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<DIV>From: "Matt Carter" <<A href="mailto:matt.carter@iseek.com.au">matt.carter@iseek.com.au</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "gmaltby+ausnog@iig.com.au" <<A href="mailto:gmaltby+ausnog@iig.com.au">gmaltby+ausnog@iig.com.au</A>>; "ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" <<A href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: 23/02/2016 4:02:50 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: RE: [AusNOG] NBN PPPoE Sessions</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>Hi Graham,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>I can’t see there would be limit on the number of PPPoE you want to do that’s up to you but there is a limit of 8 MACs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>It’s in the NFAS under 5.1.1.4.3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>5.1.1.4.3 MAC Address Limitations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>Each UNI-D is capable of supporting up to eight simultaneous MAC source addresses. This imposes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>a limit on the number of layer 2 devices that a Customer can connect directly to a UNI-D. Any attempt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>to connect a number of devices directly to a UNI-D that exceeds this limit will result in traffic from the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>newly-attached devices being discarded.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>The NBN Co Network will learn the first eight MAC source addresses detected at ingress to the UNID,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>based upon ingress service frames. A MAC address ageing function ensures that any obsolete<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>MAC addresses are removed from the active list, after a period of 300 seconds.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>Note that this limitation applies for the UNI-D irrespective of the service type and does not imply MAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>address-based forwarding for unicast services based on 1:1 VLANs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>A Customer must use a layer 3 device to interconnect to the UNI-D. If the Customer does not do so,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'>the customer accepts the consequences of any issues arising from MAC address restrictions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><A href="http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/nfas-product-technical-specification-v3.pdf">http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/nfas-product-technical-specification-v3.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:<A href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:gmaltby+ausnog@iig.com.au">gmaltby+ausnog@iig.com.au</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 23 February 2016 3:56 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> [AusNOG] NBN PPPoE Sessions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"'>Does anybody know if there is an upper limit on the number of concurrent PPPoE session possible on a single NBN NTD port? Specifically, NTD UNI-D connects to a switch which then has several routers each establishing their own PPPoE session.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"'>Is there a limit on the number of sessions? MAC address? I'm sure it is documented somewhere but so far, I have not been able to find it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"'>Graham<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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