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Episode: PPPoE vs IPoE: A Practical Guide for ISPs (denog17)
Description: **Is PPPoE really legacy? Is IPoE really better? And what actually happens when something breaks?**
This talk takes a hands-on look at PPPoE and IPoE (DHCPv4/v6) in real ISP environments, based on actual deployments, not just specs. We’ll walk through the key operational differences that show up when things get serious: high availability, failover, MTU handling, multicast, and how dual-stack plays out in practice.
We’ll also dive into the hidden pain points, like why hardware offloading fails in unexpected places, why VLAN models (N:1 vs 1:1) must be considered here, and how session state behaves when routers crash or l...