PPPoE reconenction fix - mpd fix ($100)
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if adding a switch does make it work along with the patch then i would need to replace my existing switch instead of buying a dedicated one just to make pppoe reconnect in which case can some1 recommend me the cheapest 10/100mbps switch with VLAN support or would it be possible to use one switch without vlan and use 6 ports for LAN and 2 ports for pppoe (1 from pf wan to switch and 1 from isp modem to switch).
im just trying to avoid using a dedicated switch simply for pppoe and even though if there is a power failure, it still wont reconnect untill pfsense is rebooted
or to make things easier, im ready to pay $50 if some1 could simply make me a patch which would detect the unsuccessful pppoe reconnects for about 5mins or so and then reboot pfsense, i have cron package installed and running
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I had 30 minutes and came back to this and looking at the code i have another option for you xibpin.
Edit /etc/inc/interfaces.incRemove the comment made on line 166 to 177
The diff below maybe explains it better. Not sure why that has been done and try again.diff --git a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc index 3f67e5d..a20936c 100644 --- a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc +++ b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc @@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ function interface_netgraph_needed($interface = "wan") { PPP interfaces are found above in the previous if ($found == false) block. This block of code is only entered for OPTx interfaces that are configured for PPPoE modem access, so $realif != $ppp['if'] +*/ if ($realif == $ppp['if']) { $found = true; break; } -*/ $ports = explode(',',$ppp['ports']); foreach($ports as $pid => $port){ $port = get_real_interface($port); -
how do i upload the edited file, i tried using winscp but i guess there r some commands i need to run to make the system go out of read only mode, could u be kind enough to provide those?
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- ssh into the box
- /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
- Do what you want with WinSCP or use you favorite editor
- /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro
- Reboot.
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tried it, still the same, no luck :(
Dec 1 18:44:40 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 1 echo request(s) Dec 1 18:44:50 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 2 echo request(s) Dec 1 18:45:00 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 3 echo request(s) Dec 1 18:45:10 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 4 echo request(s) Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: no reply to 5 echo request(s) Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Opened --> Stopping Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Leave bundle "wan" Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] Bundle: Status update: up 0 links, total bandwidth 9600 bps Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: Close event Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Opened --> Closing Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendTerminateReq #3 Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerDown Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IFACE: Down event Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: Down event Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerFinish Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] Bundle: No NCPs left. Closing links... Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Closing --> Initial Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #2 Dec 1 18:45:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerDown Dec 1 18:45:22 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #3 Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopping --> Stopped Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerFinish Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection closed Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopped --> Starting Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart Dec 1 18:45:24 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 1 seconds Dec 1 18:45:46 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds Dec 1 18:45:46 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:45:46 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:45:46 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 4 seconds Dec 1 18:45:50 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 Dec 1 18:45:50 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' Dec 1 18:45:59 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds Dec 1 18:45:59 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:45:59 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:45:59 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 1 seconds Dec 1 18:46:00 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 Dec 1 18:46:00 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' Dec 1 18:46:09 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds Dec 1 18:46:09 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:46:09 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:46:09 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5 in 4 seconds Dec 1 18:46:13 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5 Dec 1 18:46:13 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' Dec 1 18:46:22 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds Dec 1 18:46:22 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:46:22 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:46:22 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6 in 4 seconds Dec 1 18:46:26 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6 Dec 1 18:46:26 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' Dec 1 18:46:35 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds Dec 1 18:46:35 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Dec 1 18:46:35 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Dec 1 18:46:35 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 in 1 seconds Dec 1 18:46:36 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 Dec 1 18:46:36 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' -
Can you do me a 'ngctl list' when in this situation?
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here is the output before and after
when normally connected after reboot
$ ngctl list There are 17 total nodes: Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 0000001c Num hooks: 0 Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 0000001b Num hooks: 0 Name: <unnamed>Type: pppoe ID: 00000011 Num hooks: 2 Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 00000010 Num hooks: 0 Name: ng0 Type: iface ID: 0000000d Num hooks: 1 Name: mpd10888-wan_link0-lt Type: tee ID: 0000000f Num hooks: 2 Name: vr1 Type: ether ID: 00000002 Num hooks: 1 Name: vr2 Type: ether ID: 00000003 Num hooks: 0 Name: bridge0 Type: ether ID: 00000018 Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-stats Type: socket ID: 00000012 Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-cso Type: socket ID: 0000000b Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-wan-mss Type: tcpmss ID: 00000013 Num hooks: 2 Name: mpd10888-wan Type: ppp ID: 0000000e Num hooks: 3 Name: mpd10888-eso Type: socket ID: 0000000c Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-lso Type: socket ID: 0000000a Num hooks: 1 Name: wlan0 Type: ether ID: 00000017 Num hooks: 0 Name: ngctl4052 Type: socket ID: 00000023 Num hooks: 0</unnamed></unnamed></unnamed></unnamed>when endless loop of reconenction
$ ngctl list There are 16 total nodes: Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 0000001c Num hooks: 0 Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 0000001b Num hooks: 0 Name: <unnamed>Type: pppoe ID: 00000011 Num hooks: 2 Name: <unnamed>Type: socket ID: 00000010 Num hooks: 0 Name: ng0 Type: iface ID: 0000000d Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-wan_link0-lt Type: tee ID: 00000028 Num hooks: 2 Name: vr1 Type: ether ID: 00000002 Num hooks: 1 Name: vr2 Type: ether ID: 00000003 Num hooks: 0 Name: ngctl23563 Type: socket ID: 0000002d Num hooks: 0 Name: bridge0 Type: ether ID: 00000018 Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-stats Type: socket ID: 00000012 Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-cso Type: socket ID: 0000000b Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-wan Type: ppp ID: 0000000e Num hooks: 1 Name: mpd10888-eso Type: socket ID: 0000000c Num hooks: 0 Name: mpd10888-lso Type: socket ID: 0000000a Num hooks: 2 Name: wlan0 Type: ether ID: 00000017 Num hooks: 0</unnamed></unnamed></unnamed></unnamed> -
@ermal:
Can you do me a 'ngctl list' when in this situation?
any luck?
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still no fix for this
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Have your tried pfsense 2.1-DEVEL just in case the latest mpd 5.6 improves things?
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havent tried it coz its not much in a usable state currently for light production, mayb later
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Try adding
set bundle no noretry
src: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2007-09/msg01895.html
Apparently it was also discussed here a couple of years ago:
According to http://mpd.sourceforge.net/doc5/mpd4.html
Changes since version 4.1rc2:
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i tried to feed that line in using edit file from the web GUI but it seems pfsense seems to remove that entry if rebooted or even if i goto interfaces and click disconnect and then connect
any help regarding some php code change to keep that entry intact?
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i managed to edit the interfaces.inc so it adds the line which it does now but i guess mpd ignores it as the system log gives the below message
ppp: mpd_wan.conf:31: Incorrect context for: 'set bundle no noretry'
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actually the command to use was this
set link no noretry
it didnt help coz the original issue which u mentioned in that first link was his connection wasnt redialing that was due to noretry defaulting to yes but that was in mpd4 and i guess pfsense uses mpd5 in v2.0.1 so thats y that command isnt recognized, only max-redial is the command available which cant be set to some number or 0 for unlimited and -1 to disable redial which pfsense defaults it to 0 so my connection is actually redialed but due to some other reason and the isp's fiber optic modem or their bras server, mpd isnt able to reconnect untill its rebooted so obviously something different happens during pfsense reboot time connection or mayb because the vr1 resets which then allows pfsense to connect fine on reboot but to replicate that i removed the network cable as well and tried and try replugging it in but doesnt help.
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xbipin,
Let me try to recap:
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You had no problem with PPPoE auto-reconnection with pfsense 1.2.3
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You only started having problems with 2.0-something (BETA, RC etc)
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You are able to reproduce the problem at will
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There are others who have a similar problem, but most pfsense users don't
I think your best option would be to obtain logs with full verbosity and post them along your mpd config files to the mpd-forum at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpd/forums/forum/44692
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i already did that in their mailing list, hardly got any reply at all and there r many others with the problem but they r either using 1.2.3 or trying to live with 2.0.1 like me. the basic reconnection issue is mpd attempts but is unable to reconnect and if u read the past posts, i have provided logs, config etc etc almost more than 50 times now till date.
bytheway, all routers available in the market etc work very well over the same link, then y does mpd have issues?
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there r many others with the problem but they r either using 1.2.3 or trying to live with 2.0.1 like me.
Then why aren't any others bidding here to try to get it fixed?
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coz officially ermal was on this to get it solved but then mayb he realized its not a easy fix by simply patching some php code so this thread went old as i was out of town and got abandoned so most might not have read it also now but if u look at other threads here and there in the complete forum then there r quiet a few ppl suffering the same and it was already discussed many many times but didnt yield any permanent solution.
after a lot of tracing in the past also it came to light that there was something to do with the isp BRAS or pppoe server or whatever they call it and some security measures but my point is that how do commercial routers overcome this and pfsense or mpd doesnt
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Looks like I've run into the same issue, not absolutely the same, but similar and solution for the problem is the same - reboot of pfsense always helps.
Is there the way to reboot pfsense automatically after XX PPPoE connection retries? I know this is not the best way, but at least it works always for me.
