Establishing PPPoE Sessions When One ONU Serves Multiple PPPoE Sessions Through Switch or Hub

Overview

Since PAN-OS 6.0, the Palo Alto Networks device can establish a PPPoE session when one physical optical network unit (ONU) device has multiple PPPoE sessions through a switch or hub.

Details

In some scenarios, a physical ONU can have multiple PPPoE Session from different ISPs with a Palo Alto Networks device and a PPPoE client device operating on the network. An example network diagram is shown below with PPPoE Router 1 representing the other PPoE client device:

Note: Prior to PAN-OS 6.0, the Palo Alto Networks device cannot establish a PPPeE connection in the above network scenario. However, a PPPoE connection will be established with only the Palo Alto Networks device as the PPPoE client. The network diagram for this scenario is shown below:

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