Getting private/local IP on WAN
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The debug line would be in the mpd_wan.conf file.
Ok, so we can see the unique id of the request is sent 3 times then the server replies. But it could be replying to any of those three requests.
The fact that the reply triggers pfSense to start with a new request though seems indicate it's refusing the offer.
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@stephenw10 what would make it refuse the offer? I set debug 10 and did another pcap
packetcapture-igb0-20230922022327.pcap
is there a way to stop it from rejecting the PADO?
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I'm still not 100% sure it is actually seeing the replies. It could be that it only ever tries the same ID 3 times whether or not it sees a reply for example.
With the debugging logs do you see 3 sent messages for each 1 received message?
This really seems like the solution is going to be something simple like it needs an identifier set. But I assume you didn't set anything like that in the Windows client?
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@stephenw10 how can I export a better debug log, I've set it to 10, should I set it to more for example? And is there a way to download/export the system log from the GUI so it could be more helpful to us?
Is there some way to implement the identifier set? I did not set one in windows, only username and pass, nothing else at all.
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We're off the map at this point.
I've never had to set debug logging to get PPPoE connected so I can't tell you. Try it and see. You can download the full system log file from /var/log/system.logYou can set a service name in the PPPoE client. It's almost never required though.
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@stephenw10 yea I asked the ISP and no service name required. I just don't understand why pfsense wouldn't just wait a couple of seconds, the router and pc do wait. Like it's literally a couple of seconds and we cant override it and it's rendering the whole this useless it's very frustrating.
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This is what a PPPoE connection looks like for me here to my ISP (BT in the UK):
19:43:35.102750 PPPoE PADI [Host-Uniq 0x801F22C100F8FFFF] [Service-Name "BTInfinity"] 19:43:35.107118 PPPoE PADO [Service-Name "BTInfinity"] [AC-Name "acc-aln2.l-tud"] [Host-Uniq 0x801F22C100F8FFFF] [AC-Cookie 0x39C0E5560D5F2EBB771B9C2DF0FF8090] 19:43:35.107124 PPPoE PADR [Host-Uniq 0x801F22C100F8FFFF] [AC-Cookie 0x39C0E5560D5F2EBB771B9C2DF0FF8090] [AC-Name "acc-aln2.l-tud"] [Service-Name "BTInfinity"] 19:43:35.110849 PPPoE PADS [ses 0x49c] [Service-Name "BTInfinity"] [Host-Uniq 0x801F22C100F8FFFF]The ISP PPPoE server responds in ~4ms.
9s, or even 3s, is a very long response time from your ISP.You can also see that pfSense responds to the PADO almost instantly when it sees it. It seems more likely that, for some reason, mpd5 isn't seeing the replies. Though the netgraph debug logs seem to show it is.
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@stephenw10 is there some way to find why jt isn't accepting the replies?
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There may be some other debug logging you could enable in mpd5. As I said we're off the map at this point, it's not something I've ever had to try.
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@stephenw10 do you know someone that maybe might help here? could tag them maybe?
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If it's possible there is probably someone already using pfSense with your ISP. I would try to find someone who has already tried this. What is your ISP?
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@stephenw10 it's Etisalat in Egypt
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Hmm, they seem to have operations in a number of countries. Many of them do require a VLAN though. Plenty of people using pfSense in various places. Does your connection have something more specific? A service name maybe?
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@stephenw10 They operate in the UAE and Egypt, and yea I asked they don't need a service name nor a vlan
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But does the particular service you are subscribed to have a name that might give better search results?
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@stephenw10 yea I tried, nothing unfortunately
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@stephenw10 so there is absolutely no way to force the PPPoE client to change it's timeout?
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I don't know because I've never seen an ISP that required it, I've never tried to set that value. I'm still not sure it would help.
If there is a way to set that I'd expect it to be in the mpd conf file.
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@stephenw10 thanks I will try it out. I appreciate it.
