PPPoE session limits are downloaded from the RADIUS server when you enable preauthorization on the LAC using the subscriber access pppoe pre-authorize nas-port-id command. By enabling preauthorization, you limit the number of PPPoE sessions on a specific permanent virtual circuit (PVC) or VLAN; that is, the PPPoE per-NAS-port session limit downloaded from the RADIUS server takes precedence over locally configured (port-based) session limits, such as per-VC and per-VLAN session limits.

The PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature enables the local session limit configured at the BRAS to override the per-NAS-port session limit configured at the RADIUS server when preauthorization is configured.

Note	The PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature is useful only when you have configured preauthorization on the BRAS or LAC.

To enable the PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature, configure the sessions pre-auth limit ignore command under the broadband access (BBA) group associated with the interface. When the PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature is enabled, the locally configured session limit is applied before PPP is started; that is before the BRAS sends out a PPPoE Active Discovery Offer (PADO) packet to the client, advertising a list of available services.

When preauthorization is configured without the PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature enabled, the client receives an authentication failure response from the BRAS when there is no session limit downloaded from the RADIUS server and the locally configured session limit is exceeded. The BRAS waits to apply locally configured limits until PPP negotiation is completed. When a call is finally rejected, the client receives the authentication failure response, resulting in session failure, with no ability to distinguish whether the session failure results from a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) authentication failure or a PPPoE session limit having been exceeded. The PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature allows for differentiation between the handling of per-NAS-port failures and session limiting failures.

If you enable the PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature, but there are no locally configured per-port session limits, then per-NAS-port session limits downloaded from the RADIUS server are applied.

For more information on how to configure preauthorization and per-NAS-port session limit, see the Establishing PPPoE Session Limit per NAS Port document.

Before You Begin

The sessions pre-auth limit ignore command should have been configured under the broadband access (BBA) group associated with the interface.

Note	If there are no locally configured per-port session limits, then per-NAS port session limits downloaded from the RADIUS server are applied. >

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    bba-group pppoe group-name

4.    sessions per-vc limit per-vc-limit

5.    sessions pre-auth limit ignore

6.    end

The following example creates a PPPoE group named test, configures a limit of three sessions per VC, and enables the PPPoE Session Limit Local Override feature in bba-group configuration mode. The running configuration shows that the sessions pre-auth limit ignore command was used to enable this feature.

Router(config)# bba-group pppoe test
Router(config-bba-group)# sessions per-vc limit 3
Router(config-bba-group)# sessions pre-auth limit ignore
 
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bba-group pppoe test
virtual-template 2
sessions per-vc limit 3
sessions pre-auth limit ignore
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