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    Upgrade from 12/13 to 12/18 -> PPPoE dead…

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      What we really need to know from everyone having issues is at least:

      • Architecture (i386 or amd64)
      • Full install or NanoBSD
      • Packages installed
      • If it's WAN or an OPT on PPPoE (or both)
      • PPPoE settings on the interface page (dial on demand, idle timeout, periodic reset)
      • PPPoE connection logs from the system logs
      • Your mpd_*.conf files from /var/etc/ - make sure to remove or mask your login credentials

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        jeebsion
        last edited by

        Hi all .. this could be off topic … but I wonder has anyone ever dialed two or more PPPOE simultaneously? like practically using the interface type as PPPOE on more than 1 interface to dial to ISPs?

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          Phobia
          last edited by

          Hi there,

          I don't have time to post all of the requested info now, but I think I may be experiencing this issue now too, though I don't believe it impacted me before.  I updated from a Dec.26 snap to 2.0-BETA5 (i386)
          built on Fri Dec 31 06:22:39 EST 2010.

          I have 2 PPPoE interfaces.  My WAN and OPT1 (renamed VDSL and DSL respectively) are the PPPoE interfaces.  WAN/VDSL works, OPT1/DSL does not.

          Anyway - I've tried Dial on demand and not.  I set the idle timeout to 0, with no periodic reset enabled.  Doesn't seem to allow my OPT1 to connect.

          Snip from GUI PPP Log page :

          Dec 31 17:25:32 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: Shutdown
          Dec 31 17:25:32 ppp: [opt1] Bundle: Shutdown
          Dec 31 17:25:32 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: LayerFinish
          Dec 31 17:25:32 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: state change Starting –> Initial
          Dec 31 17:25:32 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: Close event
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1] IPCP: Close event
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1] IFACE: Close event
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: caught fatal signal term
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 81 in 2 seconds
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: Down event
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] can't remove hook mpd32090-0 from node "[bc]:": No such file or directory
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[bc]:"->"mpd32090-0" and "[ba]:"->"left": No such file or directory
          Dec 31 17:25:30 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 80
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 80 in 4 seconds
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: Down event
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] can't remove hook mpd32090-0 from node "[bc]:": No such file or directory
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[bc]:"->"mpd32090-0" and "[ba]:"->"left": No such file or directory
          Dec 31 17:25:26 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 79
          Dec 31 17:25:23 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 79 in 3 seconds
          Dec 31 17:25:23 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: Down event
          Dec 31 17:25:23 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Dec 31 17:25:23 ppp: [opt1_link0] can't remove hook mpd32090-0 from node "[bc]:": No such file or directory
          Dec 31 17:25:23 ppp: [opt1_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[bc]:"->"mpd32090-0" and "[ba]:"->"left": No such file or directory

          Hope this is helpful,

          – Phob

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          • C
            clarknova
            last edited by

            Sorry, it's going to be a few days before I'm back in town to try an update.

            db

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            • P
              Phobia
              last edited by

              Hi again,

              Just checked my packages screen - I only have the Open-VM-Tools installed at present.

              – Phob

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                Phobia
                last edited by

                Hrm - I disabled my OPT1 interface for a while to stop the constant PPPoE requests, and just re-enabled it to discover that it has negotiated another session.

                Might be a carrier issue as I see some packet loss today in my graphs.

                Anyway - if the issue resurfaces, I'll post again.

                – Phob

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                  Phobia
                  last edited by

                  Hi again,

                  OK - further to my last, with dial on demand un-ticked, I have to manually start my PPPoE sessions from Status –> Interfaces on reboot.

                  Also, entering the down interface from Interfaces --> DSL or VDSL then clicking save also seems to get my PPPoE back online, but when I do that, I have to manually go into System --> Routing and delete the automatically created gateways which overwrite my working gateway setup.  (the system creates GW_WAN and GW_OPT1 when I've already got gateways defined with different names (VDSL and DSL) that are in turn members of gateway groups for load balancing and failover)

                  Sorry to muddy the waters - I re-read this entire thread which I admit not to have done the first time I posted.  I appear to have the same issue as others.

                  -- Phob

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                    jlepthien
                    last edited by

                    @jimp:

                    What we really need to know from everyone having issues is at least:

                    • Architecture (i386 or amd64)
                    • Full install or NanoBSD
                    • Packages installed
                    • If it's WAN or an OPT on PPPoE (or both)
                    • PPPoE settings on the interface page (dial on demand, idle timeout, periodic reset)
                    • PPPoE connection logs from the system logs
                    • Your mpd_*.conf files from /var/etc/ - make sure to remove or mask your login credentials
                    • i386
                    • NanoBSD
                    • Avahi, Backup, RRD Summary, Nmap, Unbound, Shellcmd
                    • WAN (PPPoE)
                    • Standard Settings, except periodic reset at midnight each day
                    • For configs/logfiles see my previous posts

                    | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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                      jlepthien
                      last edited by

                      Same stuff happening now with snap built on Sat Jan 1 19:56:40 EST 2011…
                      Also pfsense.com seems to be down for packages installation now, so I spare one reboot because of the packages installation of avahi ;)

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                        somm15
                        last edited by

                        Copy from another thread:
                        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=31316.new;topicseen#new

                        PPP Logs:
                        Jan 1 23:53:59    ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Skipping ink "wan_link0" with undefined interface

                        It was impossible to connect. Click on the connect button caused:
                        Dec 21 17:22:17    php: /status_interfaces.php: Backtrace: Array
                        Dec 21 17:22:17    php: /status_interfaces.php: interfaces_bring_up() was called but no variable defined.

                        Details logged are available in the thread mentioned above.

                        • Architecture: i386
                        • NanoBSD / PC Engine Alix Board (pfSense-2.0-BETA5-4g-20101231-1506-nanobsd-upgrade.img.gz)
                        • Packages installed : pfflowd (broken since beta)
                        • Interface: WAN
                        • PPPoE settings on the interface page:
                        • MTU: 1492
                        • Enable Dial-On-Demand mode
                        • IDLE timeout: 1200 seconds
                        • logs (see above)

                        I solved this problem by playing a lot with the option and it's now fixed.
                        I think what solved the problem was changing the WAN from vr0 to vr2 and then back to vr0 (to be complete, vr2 is now unassigned).

                        I upgraded today to pfSense-2.0-BETA5-4g-20110101-1956-nanobsd-upgrade.img and I cannot reproduce the problem (I tried to change option but it looks ok).

                        Should you need any more test/information, don't hesitate to contact me.

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                          Phobia
                          last edited by

                          Hi all,

                          Sorry for the delay, but some more info about my setup :

                          • Architecture: i386
                          • Full Install (2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Fri Dec 31 14:08:23 EST 2010)
                          • Packages installed : Open-VM-Tools
                          • Interface: WAN & OPT1 (renamed VDSL and DSL)
                          • PPPoE settings on the interface page :
                          • MTU: <blank>- NO Dial-On-Demand mode
                          • NO IDLE timeout: <blank>My setup is a VM running under VMWare (hence the Open-VM-Tools package).

                          – Phob</blank></blank>

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                            grandrivers
                            last edited by

                            I sorted out my problem I had created A Modem access (opt2) and that seemed to stop ppoe from working removed thta and all is fine

                            pfsense plus 25.03 super micro A1SRM-2558F
                            C2558 32gig ECC  60gig SSD

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                              romainp
                              last edited by

                              Ok I have the same problem:

                              • Architecture : i386
                              • Full install
                              • Packages installed : Darkstat
                              • WAN -> pppoe via em0 and opt (let's call it DSL) connected to em0
                              • dial on demand: checked
                              • idle timeout: 0
                              • periodic reset : disabled
                              • PPPoE connection logs from the system logs
                                  see my post : http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,31409.0.html
                              • mpd_wan.conf:

                              startup:
                                      # configure the console
                                      set console close
                                      # configure the web server
                                      set web close

                              default:
                              pppoeclient:
                                      create bundle static wan
                                      set iface name pppoe0
                                      set iface route default
                                      set iface enable on-demand
                                      set iface idle 0
                                      set iface addrs 10.10.1.1 10.10.1.2
                                      set iface enable tcpmssfix
                                      set iface up-script /usr/local/sbin/ppp-linkup
                                      set iface down-script /usr/local/sbin/ppp-linkdown
                                      set ipcp ranges 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
                                      #log -bund -ccp -chat -iface -ipcp -lcp -link

                              create link static wan_link0 pppoe
                                      set link action bundle wan
                                      set link disable multilink
                                      set link keep-alive 10 60
                                      set link max-redial 0
                                      set link disable chap pap
                                      set link accept chap pap eap
                                      set link disable incoming
                                      set link mtu 1492
                                      set auth authname "xxxxx"
                                      set auth password xxxxx
                                      set pppoe iface em0
                                      open^M

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                So perhaps this is related to having pppoe on a physical interface and also having that interface assigned directly.

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                                  jlepthien
                                  last edited by

                                  @grandrivers:

                                  I sorted out my problem I had created A Modem access (opt2) and that seemed to stop ppoe from working removed thta and all is fine

                                  I am using the same setup…

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                                    jlepthien
                                    last edited by

                                    I can confirm this now. When I disable my vr1 (MODEMACCESS) interface I can do a reboot and right after the box is up and running I have a working PPPoE connection…

                                    It worked before though with vr1 enabled...

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                                      eri--
                                      last edited by

                                      https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/3dfc2d1a82e68f81856427316973f3fe480d603b
                                      Should fix your issues.

                                      Thank you for the persistence.

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                                        jlepthien
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks ermal, will check the next snaps and report…

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                                          jlepthien
                                          last edited by

                                          Added my vr1 interface again so that I am able to configure my modem, applied the fix manually and did a reboot. Still had to click save on my WAN page again. Wasn't coming up automatically…

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                                            gnhb
                                            last edited by

                                            jlepthien, after you reboot and the WAN is not up, go to command line and type: ngctl list

                                            and report the result.

                                            Then also, bring the WAN up manually and do the same command and report the result.

                                            Also, does the WAN come up when you click "Connect" button on Status -> Interfaces page or do you have to "Save" on the WAN config page?

                                            GB

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