Patent ID: 7840659

Claim:
A method comprising: broadcasting a point-to-point over Ethernet (PPPoE) active discovery initiation (PADI) packet from a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS); receiving a PPPoE Active Discovery Offer (PADO) packet at the CPE device from the BRAS; generating a tag identifying a product model of the CPE device; transmitting from the CPE device to the BRAS a point-to-point over Ethernet (PPPoE) active discovery request (PADR) packet that includes the tag identifying the product model of the CPE device; and establishing a point-to-point (PPP) connectivity session between the CPE device and the BRAS after transmission of the tag that identifies the product model of the CPE device, wherein the tag that identifies the product model of the CPE device is transmitted after broadcasting the PADI packet and before establishment of the PPP connectivity session, and wherein the PADI packet does not contain the tag that identifies the product model of the CPE device.