# What Is IPoE?

DevFeed: [What Is IPoE?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-ipoe-40169.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.j2sw.com/netops/what-is-ipoe/>)

Author: j2sw

Published: 2026-07-24T12:15:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Justin Wilson (j2sw)](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/justin-wilson-j2sw.md>)

Topics: [DHCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dhcp.md>), [Ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethernet.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gateway.md>)

Tags: [broadband](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/broadband.md>), [dhcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dhcp.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethernet.md>), [ipoe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipoe.md>), [mtu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mtu.md>), [network-operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-operations.md>), [pppoe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pppoe.md>), [router](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/router.md>), [vlan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vlan.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains IPoE, or IP over Ethernet, as an access model in which a customer router uses DHCP to obtain an IP address and network configuration directly, without establishing a PPPoE session or storing login credentials. It describes DHCP relay and Broadband Network Gateway processing and outlines subscriber-identification methods such as VLANs, access ports, DHCP Option 82, circuit identifiers, ONT details, and MAC authentication.

## Source excerpt

4 minutes read time.Many of us ISP veterans are familiar with Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), also referred to as Triple P O E. PPPoE is showing its age. It showed its age 15 years ago. DHCP was the simple fix for modern networks. It had less overhead and was simple. Now along comes IPoE. ... Read more The post What Is IPoE? appeared first on Justin Wilson (j2sw).