IPoE users

IPoE users include individual users and leased users.

Individual users use independent IPoE services. The BRAS authenticates, authorizes, and bills individual users based on user location and packet information. Individual users include dynamic and static individual users.

• Dynamic individual users

  IPoE defines the following dynamic individual users:

  • DHCP user—Sends DHCP packets to trigger IPoE session establishment.

  • IPv6-ND-RS user—Sends IPv6 ND RS packets to trigger IPoE session establishment.

  • Unclassified-IP user—Sends packets other than DHCP and IPv6 ND RS packets to trigger IPoE session establishment.

• Static individual users

  Static individual users trigger IPoE session establishment by sending IP packets. If an IP packet matches a manually configured IPoE session, the BRAS authenticates the user and establishes an IPoE session.

Leased users include interface-leased users and subnet-leased users.

• Interface-leased user—Represents hosts that rent the same interface.

• Subnet-leased user—Represents hosts that rent a subnet of an interface.

The BRAS uses the credentials configured for a leased user to perform authentication upon receiving the first packet on the interface or subnet. After the authentication succeeds, the BRAS will not authenticate subsequent packets on the interface or subnet.