Re: Cable Modem [really more about PPPoE]

[Chris White <cwhite () happyhappy net>]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Steve Schaefer wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Fletcher E Kittredge wrote:
> > You provide frustrating few details and a statement "DHCP alone is not
> > a viable option in this model."  Could you restate more concretely
> > what is your design problem which can only be solved by
> > ATM/MPLS/PPPoE?  I hesitate to answer for fear that there is some
> > constraint I don't know about.
>
> The constraint is that outbound packets need to go to the right ISP.  That
> is, the packets need to go through the carrier network according to the
> business relationship, not according to the destination IP address.
>
> Some method of identifying the ISP associated with each outbound packet is
> necessary.  Policy routing, tunnels and PVC's are a few methods. 

Ditto

> VLAN tagging works, too.

Ouch:)


> -Steve