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what is PPPoE, PPPoA, IPoE, IPoA

Feb 16, 2009 3:02PM PST

Hi All,

Am Srinivas here. very new to this forum. To improve my broadband knowledge, I need information on understanding of these technolgies:

PPPoE, PPPoA, IPoE, IPoA.
Suppose I connect from my PC to a DSL modem or a router which has an inbuilt Modem, and this is inturn connected to a DSLAM and then to a BRAS, how does these protocols come into picture.
What are the endpoints in all these cases.

Kindly help me in knowing this.

Thanks In Advance

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