Basic PPPoE Lab

Configurations below for a PPPoE lab, directly connecting two routers. This uses the new broad-band access (bba) command instead of the old VPDN ones.


Client:

interface Dialer1
ip address 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0
encapsulation ppp
dialer pool 1

interface FastEthernet0/0
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1

Server:

interface Virtual-Template1
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0

bba-group pppoe global
virtual-template 1

interface FastEthernet0/0
pppoe enable

Or to use DHCP, the client would be:

interface Dialer1
ip address dhcp
encapsulation ppp
dialer pool 1

interface FastEthernet0/0
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1

And server config:

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.0.1

ip dhcp pool IP_POOL
network 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0

interface Virtual-Template1
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
peer default ip address dhcp-pool IP_POOL

bba-group pppoe global
virtual-template 1

interface FastEthernet0/0
pppoe enable

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