Problems after enabling if_pppoe

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@stephenw10
Sorry, but I'd like to correct you that "Do not wait for RA" should be checked to bypass this issue.

stephenw10

It depends which issue. If your ISP sends a lot of RAs you probably want it checked. If not then leaving it unchecked can avoid a race condition.

Both should be fixed in the next build.

bigsy

@stephenw10 said in Problems after enabling if_pppoe:

Hmm, but the logs are still filling continually?

No. The logs fill with those messages on rebooting after enabling if_pppoe and also on each subsequent reboot.

This stops once I restart unbound via the cli and then use menu options 11/16 in order to be able to access the webgui. Once that is done the continuous log messages stop.

bigsy

@stephenw10 Same problem here with the new 25.03-BETA (amd64) built on Wed May 7 17:11:00 BST 2025

marcosm

@bigsy Does applying this patch help?
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/e4f3b5ced884dd0bece804a296191f6a1746643c.diff

bigsy

@marcosm said in Problems after enabling if_pppoe:

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/e4f3b5ced884dd0bece804a296191f6a1746643c.diff

Thanks. Afraid it didn't help - I applied the patch, rebooted and the same behaviour was exhibited.

bigsy

I'm still experiencing the same problems as originally described on the latest 25.03-BETA (amd64)
built on Thu May 15 15:15:00 BST 2025 whenever if_pppoe is enabled and the system rebooted.
No problems when if_pppoe is not used.

stephenw10

Hmm, do you have a more complete log of what you're seeing?

If you set 'Do not wait for RA' does the behaviour change?

bigsy

@stephenw10 i can provide logs if you want to look at them. I previously tried the ‘do not wait for RA’ option and there was no PPPoE connection.

stephenw10

Yes, please upload anything you can here: https://nc.netgate.com/nextcloud/s/J28ziC2QCa2pym9

If you are able to please generate a status report and include that.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/diagnostic-data.html

bigsy

@stephenw10 Thanks, files uploaded.

marcosm

For reference:
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16235

bigsy

@marcosm @stephenw10 Apologies for the delay in acknowledging, I've been away for a while but thanks for giving this your attention. Fixed for me as of 25.03-beta 10th June. Cheers!