Is it possible to bridge a PPPoE connection?

[spasme]

Hello guys,

As the title suggests I would like to bridge the PPPoE connection from my ISP.
After searching on google it does not seem to be possible, i'm hoping for a miracle and a solution here

The reason I would like to do this is because if I route the connection through my WRT54GL i get max 4.1MB/s down and max 2.4MB/s up. If I connect directly to my media server/seedbox I get the following:

So... yeah.

So I would like to connect to the PPPoE directly on my server then bridge the connection and router through the WRT54GL(running DD-WRT) and/or gigabit switch to the rest of the network.

Looking forward to your answers.
Please let me know if you need and further information.

 

[Snortan]

Well there seems to be something wrong with your router. Have you tried resetting it to default settings?
I don't have much experience with PPPoE, but if you would have a second LAN port on your server you should be able to share the connection.

 

[spasme]

Everything is on default except for some wireless settings so i don't think its the router. This problem has been reported by several clients of my ISP and also of seems to be a general issue in my region with the ISP's.

From what i found on the interwebs it is impossible to bridge a PPPoE connection because that would defeat the basic logic of it: Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet. So apparently it does not like being reconfigured to Point-to-point-to-serveral-other-points

Any thoughts?

LE: Just reset to default again - no change.

 

[Snortan]

Not sure where you found that, but I found that people usually use wi-fi to share a PPPoE or this link is from Microsoft on how to share a PPPoE with two NIC's just like I said above. It's a guide for WinXP but I don't see why it wouldn't work with newer Windows/other OS.
If you have wi-fi on your server or a wi-fi card/adapter you could try and see if it works.

 

[iBeInspire]

Just remember, there's a big difference between MB and Mb...
Speedtest.net always puts out massive scores, but realistically they're 8 times (approx.) less...

 

[spasme]

@Snortan - that is not really am option. I would need gigabit between the server and the rest of the network. I think I could bridge the PPPoE through wireless and then another LAN through eth but that may complicate things too much.

@BeInspire - Yes, obviously. When connected directly through PPPoE i get a average of about 9MB/s, peak has even been, 13.5MB/s.

I think finding a solution would be worth it. Its not like the connections costs much (about 11Euro/month) but its a shame to not use it to its full potential.

 

[Snortan]

You can get a gigabit NIC for 6£ on Amazon, not sure how good it is though.