Is PPPOE working for you guys?

xbipin

sorry for the mis understanding, i guess i found out the issue.

actually i checked the config right after start and then again after i unplugged the wire and replugged it back in, there wasnt any difference in the config file at all but then i compared it to the config file i had posted earlier and found one line had changed and the below line was added new

set iface addrs 10.10.1.1 10.10.1.2

so while pf was attempting to reconnect and failing, what i did is i opened the config file and removed that line and saved it and then it reconnected in the next attempt but then now the config again started showing this line, so is there any way to remove this line permanently and then perform more tests so as to verify if thats the cause or no.

xbipin

set iface addrs 10.10.1.1 10.10.1.2

is this related to the situation when in some countries i have noticed that as soon as u plug the wire in the isp device, u get a temporary local i based on dhcp enabled on the isp device and then usually u dial the connection related to the pppoe but in my country, if i take that cable and plug into my windows pc or any computer at all, the isp device doesn't assign any temporary ip so after some time windows starts showing limited connectivity but if u use the dialup connection to connect the pppoe then it would dial and connect to the internet perfectly fine.

so to make mpd work in dial on demand is it necessary for this temporary ip to be obtained before a pppoe connection can be established, if so then i would need a work around this problem

Also this command may be used to force specified addresses usage instead of negotiated ones. It may be useful in some specific cases, for example, to avoid routing loop with misconfigured PPTP server. In such case '!' mark specifies IPs to be forced.

jimp

It looks like that line should only be set of 'on demand' is checked, but judging by the other line in your config ("set iface disable on-demand") it would appear that you do not have that option set. Can you confirm whether or not you have "on demand" set?

xbipin

it was disabled earlier coz it wouldnt anyways connect automatically but i have enabled it again and thats y that line appears.

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
	set ipcp no vjcomp
	#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 "username"
	set auth password password
	set pppoe iface vr1
	open

jimp

So if you leave "on demand" unchecked, does it reconnect like it should?

xbipin

it doesnt and like i mentioned the issue is this i guess

is this related to the situation when in some countries i have noticed that as soon as u plug the wire in the isp device, u get a temporary local ip based on dhcp enabled on the isp device and then usually u dial the connection related to the pppoe but in my country, if i take that cable and plug into my windows pc or any computer at all, the isp device doesn't assign any temporary ip so after some time windows starts showing limited connectivity but if u use the dialup connection to connect the pppoe then it would dial and connect to the internet perfectly fine.

jimp

Do you have the physical adapter you're using for PPPoE also assigned to access the modem?

That interface address in the mpd config can only be set if you have on demand checked, then you'll need to do another comparison at bootup/reconnect without that set to see if there are any differences.

xbipin

there is no restriction on which physical adapter connects to the isp device network port.

at boot, almost all config connects fine, the problem only occurs if during a connection it drops and then pfsense just keeps trying to reconenct endlessly.

xbipin

is there some way to enable some low level log for mpd, mayb that can reveal the difference when it connects to pppoe on boot and failure to reconnect once disconnected.

spock521

During the last week I have been playing around with 2.0-RC too, and a few times this problem occured for me too, pppoe fails to connect to matter what I try to do, only a reboot fixed it.

The funny thing is that replugging cable / restarting dslmodem usually works OK, pfsense detects link down, and reconnects normally once link is up again. But on a few occasions, the same error as is reported in this thread happens, it just keeps trying to reconnect with no success until it's rebooted.

The logs really tells me nothing, the config files looks OK in all circumstances and it just doesn't make much sense that this is happening..

I too can help trying to track this one down if given some instructions on how to do it.

root2020

I have been fighting PPPoE this weekend I don't want to deal with it right now. I have had multiple disconnects from a remote company to the main office. Maybe things will get worked out in the future and I will try it again, just never on this customer site.

This is what you do if you want to avoid PPPoE all together.
I put my DSL modem in default mode rather than bridge. I now get an internal natted IP from the modem. In the modem settings I made the IP that is handed to my pfsense a DMZ host, so all traffic from the static IP sitting on the modem is forwarded to my pfsense.

I sure hope that this fixed my disconnect issues.

spock521

@root2020:

I put my DSL modem in default mode rather than bridge. I now get an internal natted IP from the modem. In the modem settings I made the IP that is handed to my pfsense a DMZ host, so all traffic from the static IP sitting on the modem is forwarded to my pfsense.

I ended up doing the same here on my 2.0-RC installation, PPPoE in 2.0-RC really seem to have issues. Not usable at all in it's current state here. 1.2.3 worked without a hickup for well over a year though.

jimp

If you don't get us useful information for debugging (mentioned earlier in this thread), then there is no hope of having it fixed. It works fine for the vast majority of people. It won't magically get fixed unless it can be determined just why it doesn't work for you.

xbipin

to my experience its mpd only thats causing this, is there any way to switch to an older mpd used in 1.2.3 or mayb if u could tell me how to put mpd in debug mode then i can atleast get u more useful logs.

stephenw10

I just thought I'd post here to say that I'm running two WANs, both are PPPoE, and have had no problems at all. Now I realise that may not be much comfort for those of you who are having trouble but to say that it's "not usable at all in it's current state" is just wrong.
I am running a fresh install, not an upgrade from 1.2.3, using a snapshot from 13/05/11. I realise that's quite old now but it's still not as old as this thread!

Steve

root2020

Site to Site Openvpn (remote branch having the issue)
If you are authenticating via PPPoE on your WAN to your modem I would be very concerned with your connection at this point. I am pretty sure that there are bugs with the PPPoE portion of pfsense. I have taken my modem out of bridged mode and the modem is now doing PPPoE authentication itself. The modem's DHCP has handed me its first internal natted address. I've been up since I made the change on Saturday the 11th.

When I was in PPPoE mode my pfsense box would lose connection at least twice a day. Before I made the change to a full natted situation I replaced modems and had qwest come out and fix all of the telephone lines. Qwest said everything looks great and then the next day my connection went into a tail spin up and down up and down.

I don't know what it is because the main site I think was using the same build, I have it in PPPoE mode and knock on wood it has been staying up the whole time. Working a full-time job and having a side job customer yell at you for two weeks while I tried to fix the disconnection issue, I am happy to be NATed. I would try PPPoE again, just not with this customer.

Look at my previous post.
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37603.0.html
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,35475.45.html

jimp

@root2020:

[snip]
Look at my previous post.
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37603.0.html
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,35475.45.html

And you never did gather any log information that would have been helpful in tracking it down. Yelling "it's broken!" and then not helping to debug the problem is quite useless for everyone. Especially when most of us cannot reproduce the problem. Review my posts in this thread for things to try (system log entries for mpd, and comparing the mpd config before and after)

@xbipin:

to my experience its mpd only thats causing this, is there any way to switch to an older mpd used in 1.2.3 or mayb if u could tell me how to put mpd in debug mode then i can atleast get u more useful logs.

It is highly unlikely that we will downgrade mpd since it's working fine for the vast majority of people. If you can check again the things I asked for (your responses were somewhat confusing and conflicted, you kept making too many changes at once), it would help.

Specifically we need to see:

mpd logs from a working and a broken connection attempt (clog /var/log/system.log | egrep '(mpd|ppp)' ) be sure to just include the connection attemps, check the timestamps.
/var/etc/mpd_<interfacename>.conf from a working and a broken connection attempt
Try with/without "configure a null service name" turned on. (And provide the mpd_<interfacename>.conf from a broken/working attempt there.)
Bonus points if you have a /var/etc/mpd*.conf from your old 1.2.3 install
Make sure you remove/mask out your username and password from your mpd.conf files.

So in total that would ideally be as many as four (4) sets of logs and five (5) copies of various mpd.conf files. At a minimum it's two (2) copies of the log and two (2) mpd_something.conf files.</interfacename></interfacename>

xbipin

ill work on the log and send it in as soon as i gather all of it as mentioned, the reason for not being able to provide info is because im not a BSD person so i hardly know any of its commands at all so thats y im clueless on what to gather from where

xbipin

let me get one thing straight, there is no mpd.conf change which causes it to work or to fail because it just fails and pppoe only connects fine on boot and never a successful reconnect is connection is dropped, the config i used during 1.2.3 is the same only that pfsense is now v2, i never touch any config at all as long as it keeps working as required

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
	set ipcp no vjcomp
	#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 "username"
	set auth password password
	set pppoe iface vr1
	open

system.log during fresh boot


$ clog /var/log/system.log
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Jun 17 23:27:22 EDT 2011
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.i386 i386
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (498.05-MHz 586-class CPU)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x5a2  Family = 5  Model = a  Stepping = 2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Features=0x88a93d <fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: AMD Features=0xc0400000 <mmx+,3dnow!+,3dnow!>Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: real memory  = 268435456 (256 MB)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: avail memory = 243433472 (232 MB)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: pnpbios: Bad PnP BIOS data checksum
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: wlan: mac acl policy registered
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xc0708970, 0) error 1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xc0708a10, 0) error 1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xc087b830, 0) error 1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xc0708ab0, 0) error 1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ACPI Error: A valid RSDP was not found (20100331/tbxfroot-309)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ACPI: Table initialisation failed: AE_NOT_FOUND
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ACPI: Try disabling either ACPI or apic support.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: padlock0: No ACE support.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: pcib0: <host to="" pci="" bridge="">pcibus 0 on motherboard
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: pci0: <pci bus="">on pcib0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Geode LX: PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2007
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: pci0: <encrypt decrypt,="" entertainment="" crypto="">at device 1.2 (no driver attached)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr0: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xe0000000-0xe00000ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr0: Quirks: 0x2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr0: Revision: 0x96
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: miibus0: <mii bus="">on vr0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy0: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr1: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0xe0040000-0xe00400ff irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr1: Quirks: 0x2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr1: Revision: 0x96
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: miibus1: <mii bus="">on vr1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy1: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr1: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr2: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1800-0x18ff mem 0xe0080000-0xe00800ff irq 15 at device 11.0 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr2: Quirks: 0x2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr2: Revision: 0x96
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: miibus2: <mii bus="">on vr2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy2: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus2
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ukphy2:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: vr2: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ath0: <atheros 5413="">mem 0xe00c0000-0xe00cffff irq 9 at device 12.0 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ath0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ath0: AR5413 mac 10.5 RF5413 phy 6.1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">port 0x6000-0x6007,0x6100-0x61ff,0x6200-0x623f,0x9d00-0x9d7f,0x9c00-0x9c3f at device 15.0 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: atapci0: <amd cs5536="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xff00-0xff0f at device 15.2 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ata0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ata1: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xefffe000-0xefffefff irq 12 at device 15.4 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ohci0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: usbus0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ehci0: <amd cs5536="" (geode)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xefffd000-0xefffdfff irq 12 at device 15.5 on pci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ehci0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: usbus1: <amd cs5536="" (geode)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: cpu0 on motherboard
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xe0000-0xea7ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: atrtc0: <at real="" time="" clock="">at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ppc0: parallel port not found.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uart0: [FILTER]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uart1: [FILTER]
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 498052661 Hz quality 800
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ugen0.1: <amd>at usbus0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uhub0: <amd 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ugen1.1: <amd>at usbus1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uhub1: <amd 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: ad0: 991MB <cf 20071116="" 1gb="">at ata0-master PIO4 
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Root mount waiting for: usbus1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense1
Jun 18 20:05:54 firewall kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall hostapd: ath0_wlan0: STA 00:1d:d9:77:02:f7 IEEE 802.11: associated
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall hostapd: ath0_wlan0: STA 00:1d:d9:77:02:f7 RADIUS: starting accounting session 4DFCCCE1-00000000
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall hostapd: ath0_wlan0: STA 00:1d:d9:77:02:f7 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (WPA)
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall hostapd: ath0_wlan0: STA 00:1d:d9:77:02:f7 WPA: group key handshake completed (WPA)
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched FIFO loaded
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched QFQ loaded
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched RR loaded
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched WF2Q+ loaded
Jun 18 20:05:57 firewall kernel: load_dn_sched dn_sched PRIO loaded
Jun 18 20:05:59 firewall apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(32638)
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting pppoe0.
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 92.96.222.244) (interface: wan) (real interface: pppoe0).
Jun 18 20:06:03 firewall php: : ROUTING: change default route to 195.229.252.27
Jun 18 20:06:03 firewall apinger: Exiting on signal 15.
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(39372)
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall php: : DynDns debug information: 92.96.222.244 extracted from local system.
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 92.96.222.244 Cached IP: 217.164.167.249 
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall php: : DynDns debug information: DynDns: cacheIP != wan_ip.  Updating. Cached IP: 217.164.167.249 WAN IP: 92.96.222.244 
Jun 18 20:06:04 firewall php: : DynDns: DynDns _update() starting.
Jun 18 20:06:07 firewall php: : DynDns: DynDns _checkStatus() starting.
Jun 18 20:06:07 firewall php: : DynDns: Current Service: dyndns
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : ROUTING: change default route to 195.229.252.27
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : The command '/usr/local/sbin/relayd -f /var/etc/relayd.conf' returned exit code '1', the output was '/var/etc/relayd.conf:4: syntax error no redirections, nothing to do' 
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : DynDns debug information: 92.96.222.244 extracted from local system.
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : phpDynDNS: updating cache file /conf/dyndns_wandyndns'xbipin.dyndns.org'.cache: 92.96.222.244
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : OpenNTPD is starting up.
Jun 18 20:06:08 firewall php: : phpDynDNS: (Success) IP Address Changed Successfully! (92.96.222.244)
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.1-P1
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dhcpd: All rights reserved.
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dhcpd: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: started, version 2.55 cachesize 10000
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus I18N DHCP TFTP
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall check_reload_status: Updating all dyndns
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: using nameserver 198.153.192.1#53
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: using nameserver 213.42.20.20#53
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
Jun 18 20:06:10 firewall dnsmasq[52629]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jun 18 20:06:17 firewall php: : Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WAN.
Jun 18 20:06:19 firewall php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
Jun 18 20:06:19 firewall php: : DynDns debug information: 92.96.222.244 extracted from local system.
Jun 18 20:06:19 firewall php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 92.96.222.244 Cached IP: 92.96.222.244 
Jun 18 20:06:19 firewall php: : phpDynDNS: No change in my IP address and/or 25 days has not passed. Not updating dynamic DNS entry.
Jun 18 20:06:19 firewall check_reload_status: Restarting ipsec tunnels
Jun 18 20:06:35 firewall php: : miniupnpd: Starting service on interface: lan
Jun 18 20:06:35 firewall miniupnpd[49798]: HTTP listening on port 2189
Jun 18 20:06:35 firewall miniupnpd[49798]: HTTP listening on port 2189
Jun 18 20:06:35 firewall miniupnpd[49798]: Listening for NAT-PMP traffic on port 5351
Jun 18 20:06:35 firewall miniupnpd[49798]: Listening for NAT-PMP traffic on port 5351
Jun 18 20:06:36 firewall php: : Restarting/Starting all packages.
Jun 18 20:06:37 firewall php: : IPSEC: One or more IPsec tunnel endpoints has changed its IP. Refreshing.
Jun 18 20:06:38 firewall login: login on console as root
Jun 18 20:06:38 firewall sshlockout[56363]: sshlockout/webConfigurator v3.0 starting up
Jun 18 20:06:39 firewall check_reload_status: Reloading filter
Jun 18 20:07:04 firewall apinger: Error while feeding rrdtool: Broken pipe
Jun 18 20:08:04 firewall apinger: /usr/local/bin/rrdtool respawning too fast, waiting 300s.</cf></amd></amd></amd></amd></at></isa></amd></amd></ohci></ohci></ata></ata></amd></isa></pci-isa></atheros></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></encrypt></pci></host></software></mmx+,3dnow!+,3dnow!></fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>


$ clog /var/log/system.log | egrep '(mpd|ppp)'
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting pppoe0.
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 92.96.222.244) (interface: wan) (real interface: pppoe0).

system.log when isp device reset and once thats up still pfsense wont reconnect


$ clog /var/log/system.log | egrep '(mpd|ppp)'
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting pppoe0.
Jun 18 20:06:01 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 92.96.222.244) (interface: wan) (real interface: pppoe0).
Jun 18 20:13:04 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 1 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:13:14 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 2 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:13:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 3 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:13:34 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 4 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 5 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Opened --> Stopping
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Leave bundle "wan"
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] Bundle: Status update: up 0 links, total bandwidth 9600 bps
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: Close event
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Opened --> Closing
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendTerminateReq #3
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerDown
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IFACE: Down event
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerFinish
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] Bundle: No NCPs left. Closing links...
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Closing --> Initial
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #2
Jun 18 20:13:44 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerDown
Jun 18 20:13:47 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #3
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopping --> Stopped
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerFinish
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection closed
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopped --> Starting
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Jun 18 20:13:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 4 seconds
Jun 18 20:13:53 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
Jun 18 20:13:53 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:05 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
Jun 18 20:14:05 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:14 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:14 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:14 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:14 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 2 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:16 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
Jun 18 20:14:16 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:25 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:25 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:25 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:25 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 1 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:26 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4
Jun 18 20:14:26 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:35 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:35 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:35 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:35 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:38 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5
Jun 18 20:14:38 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:47 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:47 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:47 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:47 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6 in 2 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6
Jun 18 20:14:49 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:14:58 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:14:58 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:14:58 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:14:58 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:01 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7
Jun 18 20:15:01 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:15:10 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:10 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:15:10 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:15:10 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 8 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:13 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 8
Jun 18 20:15:13 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:15:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:15:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:15:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 9 in 2 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 9
Jun 18 20:15:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:15:33 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:33 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:15:33 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:15:33 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 10 in 4 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:37 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 10
Jun 18 20:15:37 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:15:46 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:46 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:15:46 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:15:46 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 11 in 4 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:50 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 11
Jun 18 20:15:50 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:15:59 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:15:59 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:15:59 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:15:59 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 12 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:16:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 12
Jun 18 20:16:02 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:16:11 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:16:11 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:16:11 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:16:11 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 13 in 1 seconds
Jun 18 20:16:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 13
Jun 18 20:16:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Jun 18 20:16:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:16:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:16:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:16:22 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 14 in 2 seconds
Jun 18 20:16:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 14
Jun 18 20:16:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'

now the above stuff but with null thing ticked

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
	set ipcp no vjcomp
	#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 "username"
	set auth password password
	set pppoe service ""
	set pppoe iface vr1
	open

system.log on boot


$ clog /var/log/system.log | egrep '(mpd|ppp)'
Jun 18 20:20:12 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting pppoe0.
Jun 18 20:20:12 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 92.96.231.244) (interface: wan) (real interface: pppoe0).

system.log when isp device reset and pfsense wont reconenct


$ clog /var/log/system.log | egrep '(mpd|ppp)'
Jun 18 20:20:12 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting pppoe0.
Jun 18 20:20:12 firewall php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 92.96.231.244) (interface: wan) (real interface: pppoe0).
Jun 18 20:23:15 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 1 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:23:25 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 2 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:23:35 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 3 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:23:45 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 4 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 5 echo request(s)
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Opened --> Stopping
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Leave bundle "wan"
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] Bundle: Status update: up 0 links, total bandwidth 9600 bps
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: Close event
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Opened --> Closing
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendTerminateReq #3
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerDown
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IFACE: Down event
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerFinish
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] Bundle: No NCPs left. Closing links...
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Closing --> Initial
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #2
Jun 18 20:23:56 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerDown
Jun 18 20:23:58 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #3
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopping --> Stopped
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerFinish
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection closed
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopped --> Starting
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Jun 18 20:24:00 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:03 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
Jun 18 20:24:03 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jun 18 20:24:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:24:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:24:12 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:15 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
Jun 18 20:24:15 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jun 18 20:24:17 firewall ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "WE1"
Jun 18 20:24:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:24:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:24:24 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 3 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:27 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
Jun 18 20:24:27 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jun 18 20:24:27 firewall ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "WE1"
Jun 18 20:24:36 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:36 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 18 20:24:36 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 18 20:24:36 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 1 seconds
Jun 18 20:24:37 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4
Jun 18 20:24:37 firewall ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jun 18 20:24:37 firewall ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "WE1"

jimp

@xbipin:

let me get one thing straight, there is no mpd.conf change which causes it to work or to fail because it just fails and pppoe only connects fine on boot and never a successful reconnect is connection is dropped, the config i used during 1.2.3 is the same only that pfsense is now v2, i never touch any config at all as long as it keeps working as required

You said before that an interface line was there one time and not the next when it worked and when it didn't. Now you are saying it doesn't change. The mpd_something.conf files are generated by the system, not by hand, so even if you don't think you changed anything, something may have changed. This is one of the ways that your information has been inconsistent.