well here is my story…
i have been running my alcatel 510v4 for about 3 years in bridge mode with m0n0wall / pfsense / astaro firewalls all in pppoe without any problems. 8)
till last sunday evening about 11 pm no internet any more... no matter what i configure it wouldn't work. i have build a brand new firewall with pfsense, new cables, new firmware for the alcatel (i haven't touch that box for over 3 years!), phone calls with my isp efhbroadband (worse support i ever, worse then grease monkeys) nothing was solving my problem. i used ethereal to capture traffic but there was no traffic what so ever coming from the isp network. the only wya to get internet back was reconfiguring the alcatel to become a pppoa box.
yes you read is correct i can not use pppoe any more that means also i can not use m0n0wall or pfsense any more to create my connection.
so please is it possible to create a pppoa client on the wan interface?
bear in mind my original set up was running for years without any problems using pppoe till last sunday i didn't had any internet other then on my work...
oh, according my isp efhbroadband they didn't change any thing... where did i hear those stories before... let's think oh never mind.