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For questions about PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet), which provides a method to connect two PPP nodes by encapsulating PPP frames inside Ethernet frames.
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Why use PPPoE and not use IP directly?
Just because what your router sees is PPPoE doesn't mean the path all the way back to your ISP is a simple ethernet network. … You might have a setup that is PPPoE from your router to your modem, PPPoA from the modem to the DSLAM and L2TP back to your ISP.
Thirdly PPP provides identification and authentication. …
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