Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
(communications, protocol)PPPoE provides each user with a connection that looks andbehaves like a point-to-point dial-up connection even thoughthey are actually sharing an Ethernet or wireless network.At the same time, the ISP only needs to provide a singleInternet connection, with the same kind of accounting as forPPP. Also, the IP address is only assigned when the PPPoEconnection is open, allowing the dynamic reuse of IP addressesvia DHCP.
PPPoE works by encapsulating PPP frames in Ethernetframes.