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      w0w @netblues
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      @netblues
      This looks like something is broken — this is a typical mpd5 log when using Netgraph. ng0 is netgraph and this is not used in new backend

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Yup, ng0 should never exist if it's using if_pppoe.

        You can check it using: pppcfg pppoe0

        That will return nothing if it's not an if_pppoe interface.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          The only way to get additional output from if_pppoe I'm aware of is to enable debug mode like: ifconfig pppoe0 debug

          You will then get a lot of output at the console and dmesg.

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            netblues @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 So, this is another bug.
            The state of the checkbox doesn't reflect the use of new kernel mode.
            Most probably is set when you switch the interface, but if you restore the configuration
            it is ignored..

            Steps to reproduce
            Backup configuration on latest 25.03 beta, using kernel ppp
            Install ce 2.7.2 clean.
            restore 25.03 beta configuration to get system going
            Run upgrades as requested to latest 25.03
            And then restore configuration again, just in case something went missing and you end
            with mpd5 logs

            I'll try to switch it off an on again and see if it behaves.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              It's a loadable kernel module so it's only loaded at boot after the loader line has been added.

              If you load the config into 2.7.2 (which isn't valid) that setting doesn't do anything. When you upgrade to 25.03 it reboots but the loader line still isn't present. So once it's in 25.03 the loader lin e will have been added but the module won't actually load until the next boot.

              If you upgrade to 25.03 first then restore the config it should work as expected.

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                netblues @stephenw10
                last edited by netblues

                @stephenw10 Yes, but I must restore the configuration to make things work .

                After switching config twice, I ended up into another corner situation
                Last messages logged (at shutdown due to kernel mode ppp checked)
                May 18 18:45:24 ppp 50090 process 50090 terminated
                May 18 18:45:24 ppp 50090 [wan_link0] Link: Shutdown
                May 18 18:45:24 ppp 50090 [wan] Bundle: Shutdown

                but, after reboot
                No more ppp logs BUT
                pppcfg pppoe0
                dev: vtnet0 state: session
                sid: 0xafc8 PADI retries: 0 PADR retries: 0 time: 00:07:59
                sppp: phase network authproto auto authname "xxxxx@xxx.com" peerproto auto
                dns: 212.205.212.205 195.170.0.1
                e50af13c-a456-4e4a-b8b3-1dc00caf018f-image.png

                What am I running? How do we fix this?

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                • w0wW
                  w0w @netblues
                  last edited by w0w

                  @netblues said in No logs of pppoe process:

                  What am I running?

                  Now it is If_pppoe and pppoe session established successfully.

                  @netblues said in No logs of pppoe process:

                  How do we fix this?

                  What is wrong?
                  Post bug report on redmine, I think…

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @netblues
                    last edited by

                    @netblues said in No logs of pppoe process:

                    No more ppp logs BUT
                    pppcfg pppoe0
                    dev: vtnet0 state: session
                    sid: 0xafc8 PADI retries: 0 PADR retries: 0 time: 00:07:59
                    sppp: phase network authproto auto authname "xxxxx@xxx.com" peerproto auto
                    dns: 212.205.212.205 195.170.0.1

                    That's the correct expected output with if_pppoe loaded and working. There is no problem there.

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                      netblues @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10 said in No logs of pppoe process:

                      You can check it using: pppcfg pppoe0

                      That will return nothing if it's not an if_pppoe interface.

                      Based on that I misunderstood that still I should get nothing when running kernel too.
                      Thanks for clearing it up

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                        ajama1 @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 In the PFSENSE 2.8 release, is it correct that PPP log entries in the GUI will show when the mpd5 module is used instead of the if_pppoe module?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Yes the logs will be shown there the same as previous versions if you don't enable if_pppoe.

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