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    The document describes the packet formats and phases of the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) protocol. PPPoE packets consist of a header and payload, with the payload containing PPP frames. The two phases are discovery and PPP session. In discovery, the host and access concentrator exchange PADI, PADO, PADR and PADS packets to establish a session. In PPP session phase, they exchange PPP frames within Ethernet frames to establish a PPP link.

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    The document describes the packet formats and phases of the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) protocol. PPPoE packets consist of a header and payload, with the payload containing PPP frames. The two phases are discovery and PPP session. In discovery, the host and access concentrator exchange PADI, PADO, PADR and PADS packets to establish a session. In PPP session phase, they exchange PPP frames within Ethernet frames to establish a PPP link.

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    12.1.

    1 PPPoE Packet Format

    Figure 12.23 shows the format of PPPoE packets. If the value of the Type field of
    an Ethernet frame is 0x8863 or 0x8864, the payload of the Ethernet frame is a
    PPPoE packet.
    PPPoE packets consist of a PPPoE header and a PPPoE payload. In the PPPoE
    header, the VER (version) and Type fields are always set to 0x1, the Code field
    indicates the PPPoE packet type, the Length field indicates the length of the PPPoE
    packets, and the Session-ID field identifies PPPoE sessions.
    The PPP frame is in PPPoE payload.

    12.1.2 Phases in PPPoE

    PPPoE involves two phases: Discovery and PPP Session.


    Discovery Phase
    Figure 12.24 illustrates how during the PPPoE Discovery phase, the host and AC
    exchange four types of PPPoE packets:
    • PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation (PADI), with the Code field in the header
    being set to 0x09;
    • PPPoE Active Discovery Offer (PADO), with the Code field being set to 0x07;
    318 12 PPP and PPPoE

    Fig. 12.24 PPPoE Discovery phase

    • PPPoE Active Discovery Request (PADR), with the Code field being set to 0x19;
    • PPPoE Active Discovery Session-Confirmation (PADS), with the Code field
    being set to 0x65.
    During the Discovery phase seen in Fig. 12.25, the host broadcasts a PADI to
    search the network for the AC and tell the AC the desired service type. The payload
    of the PADI packet contains several Type-Length-Value tags, which indicate the
    desired service types.

    Destination MAC
    address VER (0x1)
    (ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff)
    Type (0x1)
    Tag_Type
    Source MAC address Code (0x09) PADI Header
    (Host MAC address) Tag_Length
    Session-ID (0x0000)
    Tag_Value
    Type (0x8863) Length (16 bits)
    ......
    Payload (PPPoE
    packet) Payload PADI Payload

    CRC
    (32 bits)

    Ethernet frame PADI packet


    format format

    Fig. 12.25 PADI packet format


    12.2 PPPoE 319

    Upon receiving the PADI packet, the AC compares the requested service types
    in the PADI packet with the services it can provide. If the AC can provide the
    services requested by the host, the AC will reply with a unicast PADO packet. If the
    AC cannot provide the requested service, the AC does not reply. Figure 12.26 shows
    the format of PADO packets.
    If there are multiple ACs on the network, the host may receive multiple PADO
    packets. Generally the host selects the AC whose PADO packet is the first to arrive
    on the host as the PPPoE server, and unicasts a PADR packet to that AC. Figure
    12.27 shows the format of PADR packets.

    Destination MAC
    address VER (0x1)
    (Host MAC address)
    Type (0x1)
    Tag_Type
    Source MAC address Code (0x07) PADO
    (AC MAC address) Header Tag_Length
    Session-ID (0x0000)
    Tag_Value
    Type (0x8863) Length (16 bits)
    ......
    Payload (PPPoE
    packet) Payload PADO
    Payload

    CRC
    (32 bits)

    Ethernet frame format PADO packet format

    Fig. 12.26 PADO packet format

    Destination MAC
    address VER (0x1)
    (AC MAC address)
    Type (0x1)
    Tag_Type
    Source MAC address Code (0x19) PADR
    (Host MAC address) Header Tag_Length
    Session-ID (0x0000)
    Tag_Value
    Type (0x8863) Length (16 bits)
    ......
    Payload (PPPoE
    packet) Payload PADR
    Payload
    CRC
    (32 bits)

    Ethernet frame PADR packet


    format format

    Fig. 12.27 PADR packet format


    320 12 PPP and PPPoE

    Destination MAC
    address VER (0x1)
    (Host MAC address)
    Type (0x1)
    Tag_Type
    Source MAC address Code (0x65) PADS
    (AC MAC address) Header Tag_Length
    Session-ID (0xXXXX)
    Tag_Value
    Type (0x8863) Length (16 bits)
    ......
    Payload (PPPoE
    packet) Payload PADS
    Payload
    CRC
    (32 bits)

    Ethernet frame format PADS packet format

    Fig. 12.28 PADS packet format

    After receiving the PADR packet, the AC determines the PPPoE session ID, and
    sends a unicast PADS packet containing the PPPoE session ID in the PPPoE
    Session_ID field. Figure 12.28 shows the format of PADS packets.
    After the host receives the PADS and obtains the PPPoE session ID, the PPPoE
    session between the host and AC is established. The host and AC then enter the PPP
    Session phase.
    PPP Session Phase
    In the PPP Session phase, the host and AC exchange Ethernet frames containing
    PPP frames. Figure 12.29 shows how the Type field of the Ethernet frame is set to
    0x8864 (in the Discovery phase, the field is always set to 0x8863), indicating that
    the payload of the Ethernet frame is a PPPoE frame. In PPPoE frames, the Code
    field is set to 0x00, and the Session-ID field is the value determined during the
    Discovery phase. Now the payload of the PPPoE packet is a PPP frame. However,
    the PPP frame is incomplete and contains only the Protocol and Information fields
    of the PPP frame, because other fields of PPP frames are unnecessary on virtual PPP
    links.
    By using PPPoE, the host and AC can exchange PPP frames during the PPP
    Session phase. The exchange of PPP frames allows the host and AC to go through
    the Link Establishment, Authentication, and Network Layer Protocol phases, and
    will enable the host and AC to exchange IP packets.
    12.3 Review Questions 321

    01111110 11111111 00000011


    Flag Address Control
    Destination MAC
    address (Host or AC
    MAC address)

    Source MAC address PPPoE


    (AC or Host MAC Header
    address)

    Protocol
    16 bits
    Type (0x8864)

    Payload (PPPoE
    packet)

    Information
    CRC
    (32 bits)

    16 bits
    FCS
    Ethernet frame format PPPoE packet format

    Fig. 12.29 Ethernet frame carrying a PPP frame

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