Brief Introduction to vendor-id TAG of PPPoE Packet
In order to enable PPPoE server to obtain the physical location information of PPPoE client, vendor ID tag can be added to the request packet of PPPoE.
When the device interacts with the PPPoE packet, it can add some user related device information to the PPPoE request packet in the form of vendor ID tag. The vendor ID tag option records the interface information of the client. Circuit ID is the circuit ID and remote ID is the remote ID
When the PPPoE + enable switch is turned on, after the device receives the PPPoE request packet, it can provide the following processing according to the processing strategy and filling method of the vendor ID tag of the PPPoE packet configured by the user:
Table 19-1 Processing policy of PPPoE request packet
PPPoE request packet
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Processing policy
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Filling Mode
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Packet processing principle
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Not contain vendor-id TAG
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add
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Default filling mode
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Fill in and forward according to the default format
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add
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Extended filling mode
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Fill in and forward by the customized format
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Contain vendor-id TAG
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Keep
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Not fill in
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Do not process or forward the PPPoE packet
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Filter
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Drop the packet
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Drop the PPPoE packet
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Replace
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Default filling format
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Replace the original vendor-id TAG content and forward by the default format
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Extended filling mode
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Replace the original vendor-id TAG packet and forward by the customized format
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