[AusNOG] Which NBN RSP are using PPPoE vs IP

[Tim Warnock]

Why not accept any  username/password and auth the user on the PPPoE option 82 ?

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of James Mcintosh
Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2016 11:19 AM
To: Nathan Brookfield <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>; Ausnog <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Which NBN RSP are using PPPoE vs IP

The problem is someone has to enter the username and password into the CPE.


That is either the customer or our provisioning team. This adds both a support burden (i.e. "I lost my password", modem reset situations) or a provisioning burden (needing to send CPE pre set up with username and pw).


Even though the systems and processes plug into existing DSL infrastructure, it will be nice to start fresh with the new NBN world.


Most routers come out of the box configured as DHCP clients on the WAN port. It's much easier to tell the customer to just plug into the yellow port and you're online rather than having to walk them through logging into the router and setting up PPP credentials.