RFC 2516: A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)

This document describes how to build PPP sessions and encapsulate PPP packets over Ethernet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Informative reference — RFC 2279: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646

Incoming relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 4241: A Model of IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Internet Access Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4937: IANA Considerations for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5578: PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6934: Applicability of the Access Node Control Mechanism to Broadband Networks Based on Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8822: 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence User Plane Encapsulation (5WE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5247: Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Key Management Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4459: MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network Tunneling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2764: A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6619: Scalable Operation of Address Translators with Per-Interface Bindings
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4562: MAC-Forced Forwarding: A Method for Subscriber Separation on an Ethernet Access Network
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4679: DSL Forum Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes