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      aelakkad @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 it is sending PADI and receiving PADO shouldn't it then send PADR to accept the connection and work? Any help is appreciated

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        aelakkad
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        can I somehow increase the time before it times out and retries? as it seems like it might not be seeing the PADO packet and just keeps retrying again and again while it actually does receive the PADO after a while, but never sends a PADR

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Ah sorry missed your second post. Try either turning up the view mode to show more detail or download the pcap and open in wireshark. The replies from the PPPoE server might be telling you what's happening.

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            aelakkad @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            I tried exporting it into wireshark and looks very consistently trying but does get anything 😞

            Screenshot 2023-09-20 222447.png

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Check the Ethernet properties on the replies. Is it tagged in some way?

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                aelakkad @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10

                I dont see any tags as far as I know, it's driving me crazy not knowing why it doesn't send back a PADR back after PADO

                This is from the PADO coming back

                Frame 223: 64 bytes on wire (512 bits), 64 bytes captured (512 bits)
                Encapsulation type: Ethernet (1)
                Arrival Time: Sep 21, 2023 01:48:21.525784000 EEST
                [Time shift for this packet: 0.000000000 seconds]
                Epoch Time: 1695250101.525784000 seconds
                [Time delta from previous captured frame: 1.948162000 seconds]
                [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 1.948162000 seconds]
                [Time since reference or first frame: 278.132417000 seconds]
                Frame Number: 223
                Frame Length: 64 bytes (512 bits)
                Capture Length: 64 bytes (512 bits)
                [Frame is marked: False]
                [Frame is ignored: False]
                [Protocols in frame: eth:ethertype:pppoed]
                Ethernet II, Src: HuaweiTe_92:75:21 (8c:68:3a:92:75:21), Dst: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98)
                Destination: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98)
                Address: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98)
                .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default)
                .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
                Source: HuaweiTe_92:75:21 (8c:68:3a:92:75:21)
                Address: HuaweiTe_92:75:21 (8c:68:3a:92:75:21)
                .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default)
                .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
                Type: PPPoE Discovery (0x8863)
                PPP-over-Ethernet Discovery
                0001 .... = Version: 1
                .... 0001 = Type: 1
                Code: Active Discovery Offer (PADO) (0x07)
                Session ID: 0x0000
                Payload Length: 38
                PPPoE Tags
                Host-Uniq: c0b86a0100f8ffff
                AC-Name: RMS-BNG-NE40X8A-04

                And this is the PADI that I send

                Frame 226: 36 bytes on wire (288 bits), 36 bytes captured (288 bits)
                Encapsulation type: Ethernet (1)
                Arrival Time: Sep 21, 2023 01:48:23.579340000 EEST
                [Time shift for this packet: 0.000000000 seconds]
                Epoch Time: 1695250103.579340000 seconds
                [Time delta from previous captured frame: 0.132140000 seconds]
                [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 2.053556000 seconds]
                [Time since reference or first frame: 280.185973000 seconds]
                Frame Number: 226
                Frame Length: 36 bytes (288 bits)
                Capture Length: 36 bytes (288 bits)
                [Frame is marked: False]
                [Frame is ignored: False]
                [Protocols in frame: eth:ethertype:pppoed]
                [Coloring Rule Name: Broadcast]
                [Coloring Rule String: eth[0] & 1]
                Ethernet II, Src: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98), Dst: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
                Destination: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
                Address: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
                .... ..1. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Locally administered address (this is NOT the factory default)
                .... ...1 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Group address (multicast/broadcast)
                Source: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98)
                Address: IntelCor_48:da:98 (00:1b:21:48:da:98)
                .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default)
                .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
                Type: PPPoE Discovery (0x8863)
                PPP-over-Ethernet Discovery
                0001 .... = Version: 1
                .... 0001 = Type: 1
                Code: Active Discovery Initiation (PADI) (0x09)
                Session ID: 0x0000
                Payload Length: 16
                PPPoE Tags
                Host-Uniq: 00a8dd0100f8ffff

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                  aelakkad @stephenw10
                  last edited by aelakkad

                  @stephenw10 is there any way to override the timeout for waiting for PADO? It seems to timeout every 9 seconds and resend the PADI again & again and the PADO literally arrives 10-11 seconds after the first PADI 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♂️

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Hmm, that timing seems very odd. I'd expect the server to respond far quicker than that.

                    There's no config option for that in the gui but you probably can set that via an mpd config option directly. Look in: /var/etc/mpd_wan.conf

                    If you can find an option that works you can create a custom file for that in /conf.

                    Steve

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                      aelakkad @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 said in Getting private/local IP on WAN:

                      /var/etc/mpd_wan.conf

                      Yea, I guess my ISP is too slow with its response (kinda expected).

                      I found a line in the /var/etc/mpd_wan.conf "set link keep-alive 10 60" it's under "create link static wan_link0 pppoe" I think this is the link we're looking for? should edit it to like "30 60"?

                      should I edit this one? Or there is something I should do to create a new file that overrides this?

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                        aelakkad @stephenw10
                        last edited by aelakkad

                        @stephenw10

                        I tried editing it directly and rebooting so it takes effect but it reverts back to it's default. Any idea how I can workaround this, please? almost there😁

                        (tried without reboot and just disconnecting and reconnecting WAN interface in status page but same result)

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          If you copy the file to /conf it will be used in preference to the system generated file.

                          Also check other config options: https://mpd.sourceforge.net/doc5/mpd.html

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                            aelakkad @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 ok so I should copy mpd_wan.conf to /conf and edit it there leaving only the line that needs to be overridden in the file correct? just making sure because I tried a couple of things but nothing is enforcing the edit we want. Thank you for all your help Steve.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Nope it uses the complete conf file from there so it has to contain everything it did in /var/etc

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                                aelakkad @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 oh ok thank you, i'll try it out

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                                  aelakkad @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 copied the whole config file and edited it and it is overriding correctly but it's still retrying every 9 seconds after timing out. Might this line be useless for this? if so, what can I edit in it that could override this?

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                                  I think this should be available in the GUI as other people might have the same issue too, there are a lot of slow and stupid ISPs.

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                                    aelakkad
                                    last edited by

                                    Can anyone help?

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Yeah, the keep-alive setting probably isn't what you want there, I expect that to apply once the link is up:

                                      This command enables the sending of LCP echo packets on the link. The first echo packet is sent after seconds seconds of quiet time (i.e., no frames received from the peer on that link). After seconds more seconds, another echo request is sent. If after max seconds of doing this no echo reply has been received yet, the link is brought down.
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                                        aelakkad @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 what can I do then? there is no way to get PPPoE to work on pfsense then?

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          Well there may be other mpd options there that would help here. I've never tried because I've never seen a PPPoE link that took that long responding.

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                                            aelakkad @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10 do you know any other mpd options that might help? it's literally a 3-second difference

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