[AusNOG] NBN PPPoE Sessions

[gmaltby+ausnog at iig.com.au]

Thanks. Exactly what I was failing to find.

Graham


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From: "Matt Carter" <matt.carter at iseek.com.au>
To: "gmaltby+ausnog at iig.com.au" <gmaltby+ausnog at iig.com.au>; 
"ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Sent: 23/02/2016 4:02:50 PM
Subject: RE: [AusNOG] NBN PPPoE Sessions

>Hi Graham,
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>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.
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>It’s in the NFAS under 5.1.1.4.3
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>5.1.1.4.3 MAC Address Limitations
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>Each UNI-D is capable of supporting up to eight simultaneous MAC source 
>addresses. This imposes
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>a limit on the number of layer 2 devices that a Customer can connect 
>directly to a UNI-D. Any attempt
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>to connect a number of devices directly to a UNI-D that exceeds this 
>limit will result in traffic from the
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>newly-attached devices being discarded.
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>The NBN Co Network will learn the first eight MAC source addresses 
>detected at ingress to the UNID,
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>based upon ingress service frames. A MAC address ageing function 
>ensures that any obsolete
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>MAC addresses are removed from the active list, after a period of 300 
>seconds.
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>Note that this limitation applies for the UNI-D irrespective of the 
>service type and does not imply MAC
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>address-based forwarding for unicast services based on 1:1 VLANs.
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>A Customer must use a layer 3 device to interconnect to the UNI-D. If 
>the Customer does not do so,
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>the customer accepts the consequences of any issues arising from MAC 
>address restrictions
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>http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/nfas-product-technical-specification-v3.pdf
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>From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of 
>gmaltby+ausnog at iig.com.au
>Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2016 3:56 PM
>To:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>Subject: [AusNOG] NBN PPPoE Sessions
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>Hi,
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>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.
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>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.
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>Thanks,
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>Graham
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