I work for an ISP which has a few thousand DSL users. We currently terminate the DSL via an ATM OC3 connection on a Cisco 7206VXR. The telephone company now wants to deliver the DSL via an ethernet handoff. I suspect they are going to deliver the DSL circuits over one or more L2TP connection. So far, we are only talking to sales guys. I have not spoken to the telco’s engineers. When I do, I hope they can give me pointers on how to configure the Cisco for the new handoff.
With the transition to ethernet in our future, I am curious if it would be feasible to utilize a RouterOS box to terminate the DSL handoff and user’s PPPoE sessions. We already have around 60 RouterOS devices handling routing for the wireless side of the ISP.
Has anyone used a RouterOS device to do DSL aggregation? The transition is going to happen rapidly. I need to know if it is even likely to work so I can get equipment ordered.
If so, would you mind sharing a small snippet of the related configuration? Pointers to reading material would also be appreciated. I am reading and re-reading the PPPoE and L2TP sections of the wiki now.
It should not be any problem using pppoe to Connect Your DSL customer, as long as you get the traffic troug one or more l2 Connections. l2tp like one option… Vlan - maybe better if possible?
the CCR is quite buggy yet, so i recoment a X86 Box, doing the terminating. The x86 is also better to do pppoe than PowerPC etc.
I have a couple of older Rebel Routers laying around. They use too much power for my tower sites. But for the colo facility, I don’t really care how much power they use.
I’m using an Actiontec q1000 right now as my aggregate and routeros for pppoe authentication to the dsl provider. I haven’t had a problem with this. It was quite easy to configure as well.