Fix: IPv6 prefix routing on slave cluster

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@@ -60,29 +60,17 @@ H3 {
 </OL>
 
 <H2 ID="Overview">Overview</H2>
 </OL>
 
 <H2 ID="Overview">Overview</H2>

-l2tpns a complete L2TP implementation. It supports the LAC, LNS and
- PPPOE server.<P>
+l2tpns a complete L2TP implementation. It supports the LAC, LNS, PPPOE and DHCPv6 server.<P>

 
 

-L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is designed to allow any layer 2
-protocol (e.g. Ethernet, PPP) to be tunneled over an IP connection.  l2tpns
-implements PPP over L2TP only.<P>
+L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is designed to allow any layer 2 protocol (e.g. Ethernet, PPP) to be tunneled over an IP connection. l2tpns implements PPP over L2TP only.<P>

 
 

-There are a couple of other L2TP implementations, of which <A
-HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/l2tpd">l2tpd</A> is probably the
-most popular.  l2tpd also will handle being either end of a tunnel, and
-is a lot more configurable than l2tpns.  However, due to the way it works,
-it is nowhere near as scalable.<P>
+There are a couple of other L2TP implementations, of which <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/l2tpd">l2tpd</A> is probably the most popular.  l2tpd also will handle being either end of a tunnel, and is a lot more configurable than l2tpns.  However, due to the way it works, it is nowhere near as scalable.<P>

 
 

-l2tpns uses the TUN/TAP interface provided by the Linux kernel to receive
-and send packets.  Using some packet manipulation it doesn't require a
-single interface per connection, as l2tpd does.<P>
+l2tpns uses the TUN/TAP interface provided by the Linux kernel to receive and send packets.  Using some packet manipulation it doesn't require a single interface per connection, as l2tpd does.<P>

 
 

-This allows it to scale extremely well to very high loads and very high
-numbers of connections.<P>
+This allows it to scale extremely well to very high loads and very high numbers of connections.<P>

 
 

-It also has a plugin architecture which allows custom code to be run
-during processing.  An example of this is in the walled garden module
-included.<P>
+It also has a plugin architecture which allows custom code to be run during processing.  An example of this is in the walled garden module included.<P>

 
 <BR>
 <EM>Documentation is not my best skill.  If you find any problems
 
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 <EM>Documentation is not my best skill.  If you find any problems


@@ -167,15 +155,15 @@ only ever be used for working out why it doesn't work at all.
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>log_file</B> (string)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>log_file</B> (string)<BR>

-This will be where all logging and debugging information is written
-to.  This may be either a filename, such as <EM>/var/log/l2tpns</EM>, or
-the special magic string <EM>syslog:facility</EM>, where <EM>facility</EM>
-is any one of the syslog logging facilities, such as local5.
+This will be where all logging and debugging information is written to. This may be either a filename, such as <EM>/var/log/l2tpns</EM>, or the special magic string <EM>syslog:facility</EM>, where <EM>facility</EM> is any one of the syslog logging facilities, such as local5.

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>pid_file</B> (string)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>pid_file</B> (string)<BR>

-If set, the process id will be written to the specified file.  The
-value must be an absolute path.
+If set, the process id will be written to the specified file.  The value must be an absolute path.
+</LI>
+
+<LI><B>random_device</B>B> (string)<BR>
+Path to random data source (default /dev/urandom). Use "" to use the rand() library function.

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>l2tp_secret</B> (string)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>l2tp_secret</B> (string)<BR>


@@ -185,8 +173,7 @@ used if the LAC requests authentication.
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>l2tp_mtu</B> (int)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>l2tp_mtu</B> (int)<BR>

-MTU of interface for L2TP traffic (default: 1500).  Used to set link
-MRU and adjust TCP MSS.
+MTU of interface for L2TP traffic (default: 1500). Used to set link MRU and adjust TCP MSS.

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>ppp_restart_time</B> (int)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>ppp_restart_time</B> (int)<BR>


@@ -231,8 +218,7 @@ session is closed.
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>radius_secret</B> (string)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>radius_secret</B> (string)<BR>

-This secret will be used in all RADIUS queries.  If this is not set then
-RADIUS queries will fail.
+This secret will be used in all RADIUS queries. If this is not set then RADIUS queries will fail.

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>radius_authtypes</B> (string)</BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>radius_authtypes</B> (string)</BR>


@@ -252,11 +238,7 @@ session is established.
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>bind_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>bind_address</B> (ip address)<BR>

-It's the listen address of the l2tp udp protocol sent and received
-to LAC. This address is also assigned to the tun interface if no
-iftun_address is specified. Packets containing user traffic should be
-routed via this address if given, otherwise the primary address of the
-machine.
+It's the listen address of the l2tp udp protocol sent and received to LAC. This address is also assigned to the tun interface if no iftun_address is specified. Packets containing user traffic should be routed via this address if given, otherwise the primary address of the machine.

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>iftun_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>iftun_address</B> (ip address)<BR>


@@ -265,6 +247,23 @@ from the address of "bind_address" (For use in cases of specific configuration).
 If no address is given to iftun_address and bind_address, 1.1.1.1 is used.
 </LI>
 
 If no address is given to iftun_address and bind_address, 1.1.1.1 is used.
 </LI>
 

+<LI><B>bind_multi_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
+This parameter permit to listen several addresss of the l2tp udp protocol
+(and set several address to the tun interface).
+<BR>
+WHEN this parameter is set, It OVERWRITE the parameters "bind_address"
+and "iftun_address".
+<BR>
+these can be interesting when you want do load-balancing in cluster mode
+of the uploaded from the LAC. For example you can set a bgp.prepend(MY_AS)
+for Address1 on LNS1 and a bgp.prepend(MY_AS) for Address2 on LNS2
+(see BGP AS-path prepending).
+<BR>
+example of use with 2 address:
+<BR>
+set bind_multi_address "64.14.13.41, 64.14.13.42"
+</LI>
+

 <LI><B>tundevicename</B> (string)<BR>
 Name of the tun interface (default: "tun0").
 </LI>
 <LI><B>tundevicename</B> (string)<BR>
 Name of the tun interface (default: "tun0").
 </LI>


@@ -298,13 +297,13 @@ every connected use will be dumped to a file in this directory.  Each
 file dumped begins with a header, where each line is prefixed by #. 
 Following the header is a single line for every connected user, fields
 separated by a space.<BR> The fields are username, ip, qos,
 file dumped begins with a header, where each line is prefixed by #. 
 Following the header is a single line for every connected user, fields
 separated by a space.<BR> The fields are username, ip, qos,

-uptxoctets, downrxoctets.  The qos field is 1 if a standard user, and
-2 if the user is throttled.
+uptxoctets, downrxoctets, origin (optional). The qos field is 1 if a standard user, and
+2 if the user is throttled. The origin field is dump if account_all_origin is set to true
+(origin value: L=LAC data, R=Remote LNS data, P=PPPOE data).

 </LI>
 
 </LI>
 

-<LI><B>setuid</B> (int)<BR>
-After starting up and binding the interface, change UID to this.  This
-doesn't work properly.
+<LI><B>account_all_origin</B> (boolean)<BR>
+If set to true, all origin of the usage is dumped to the accounting file (LAC+Remote LNS+PPPOE)(default false).

 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>dump_speed</B> (boolean)<BR>
 </LI>
 
 <LI><B>dump_speed</B> (boolean)<BR>


@@ -387,6 +386,12 @@ not clustered (the tunnel can be coming from different source IP)
 (default: no).
 </LI>
 
 (default: no).
 </LI>
 

+<LI><B>disable_sending_hello</B> (boolean)<BR>
+Disable l2tp sending HELLO message for Apple compatibility.
+Some OS X implementation of l2tp no manage the L2TP "HELLO message".
+(default: no).
+</LI>
+

 </UL>
 
 <P><U><B>LAC configuration</B></U></P>
 </UL>
 
 <P><U><B>LAC configuration</B></U></P>


@@ -442,6 +447,11 @@ PPPOE service name (default: NULL).
 PPPOE  access concentrator name (default: "l2tpns-pppoe").
 </LI>
 
 PPPOE  access concentrator name (default: "l2tpns-pppoe").
 </LI>
 

+<LI><B>pppoe_only_equal_svc_name</B> (boolean)<BR>
+If set to yes, the PPPOE server only accepts clients with a "service-name"
+different from NULL and a "service-name" equal to server "service-name" (default: no).
+</LI>
+

 </UL>
 
 <P><U><B>BGP configuration</B></U></P>
 </UL>
 
 <P><U><B>BGP configuration</B></U></P>