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PPPoE-statistics

The PPPoE statistics provide information on PPPoE connections via the DSL port.

/DSL/PPPoE-statistics Running status displays
Tx-PADx Number of PADx packets sent
Rx-PADx Number of PADx packets received
Tx-protocol Number of packets sent during the PPP negotiation
Rx-protocol Number of packets received during the PPP negotiation
Tx-data Number of user data packets sent
Rx-data Number of user data packets received
Rx-Bad Number of faulty encoded packets received
AC-name Name of the currently selected access concentrator
Service Name of the currently requested service
Delete-values Resets all counters in the PPPoE statistics

The 'x' in 'PADx' (PPP over Ethernet Active Discovery) specifies the relevant statistics in greater detail:

'x' PPPoE Active Discovery... Meaning
I Indications Start of the negotiation
O Offer Offer of an AC
R Requests Request of an AC
S Session confirmations Session confirmation of the AC
T Terminate End of connection

The exact significance of the PAD packets is defined in RFC 2516.


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