multiple PPPoe sessions over one DSL modem?

[thorwin]

Hi all,

is possible to use multiple PPPoE-sessions with only one DSL-modem on FreeBSD? Afaik, I have to use different MAC-adresses for the connections because my DSL-provider (Deutsche Telekom) won't let me use more than one connection with one MAC address at a time. Debian's RP-PPPoE does have the "-H" commend line switch, where I can specify the MAC to use. Can this be achieved on FreeBSD?

[pamdirac]

... is possible to use multiple PPPoE-sessions with only one DSL-modem on FreeBSD? ...

I think yes but only if your dsl modem supports mlppp.

The sangoma S518/ADSL cards supports it (as reported here (http://wiki.sangoma.com/wanpipe-multilink-ppp)).
I dont know if mlppp is supported by the S519 (http://www.sangoma.com/products_and_solutions/hardware/data_networking/s519.html) (ADSL2+)

[thorwin]

I think yes but only if your dsl modem supports mlppp.
I'm not sure if this is relevant because

I don't use multilink, I run 3 connections to 3 different prividers
It works on linux *duckandrun* ;)

I've given a rough look at the pages you mentioned and they don't seem to giva any hint on solving my problem.

But I've seen there's a (a little outdated) port of rp-pppoe for FreeBSD, maybe this could help 'cause there's a patch that enables rp-pppoe to "fake" it's MAC address. Not shure if this will work on 7.1-RELEASE, though...

[pamdirac]

I'm not sure if this is relevant because

I don't use multilink, I run 3 connections to 3 different prividers
It works on linux *duckandrun* ;)
...

Interesting ...

excuse me for the OT: you use internal modem? If yes what model?

[thorwin]

Interesting ...

excuse me for the OT: you use internal modem? If yes what model?
No, it's an external modem or, better, it's an WLAN/VoIP/DSL-Router which is operated in modem-mode. It it a "Speedport W500V" which is built exclusively for Deutsche Telekom.