2.7.0 PPPoE Continually Reconnecting
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It was an unexpected surprise but perhaps tied to a fix for something completely different. I skipped the last couple of dev loads so not sure which one had the desired effect but the issue remains with 23.09.a.20230907.0600.
It's not / was not a server-end PPPoE issue or change; as soon as I switched-out pfSense to a different router (EdgeRouter-4) the PPPoE handshakes reverted to normal.
Anyway, accidental fixes can be good, even if they leave questions.
Probably.
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Hmm, interesting.
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I came across this issue yesterday when I upgraded the backup of an HA pair to 2.7.0. My setup uses carp to handle the switchover from primary to backup, linking the pppoe interface to the carp VIP. When I tested failover, the backup enabled the pppoe interface and brought up the link but did not assign IPv4 local and remote addresses to the interface which meant that IPv4 was not routed and no IPv4 default route was installed. Sadly, I forgot to preserve the logs before downgrading back to 2.6.0.
Any ideas on workarounds for this?
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That's not the same issue. The issue discussed in this thread is for VIPs on the PPPoE interface. It sounds like what you have is a PPPoE interface on a VIP.
You should start a new thread for that but I will say that what you're doing is an unsupported configuration. We have seen a few reports of it though.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Thanks for the response - is there a recommended way of managing pppoe failover? I think I discovered my current approach from this thread: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135904/configure-an-pppoe-on-an-carp-if/18.
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Not really. HA requires static IPs for a supported setup.
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This PPPoE + VIP issue is still present in 2.7.2/23.09.1. Until this issue is resolved, I'm stuck on 22.05 with no security patches. It's really unfortunate this isn't a higher priority issue.
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Do you have a system log showing this happening? I though we had one here to reference but I'm not finding it now.
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@stephenw10 I've attached a redacted version of my system.log file showing this.
"207.[REDACTED]" is the initial IP address my firewall receives before it applies one of my static IPs, which is "168.[REDACTED]."
Let me know if you need anything else!
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Thanks!