MLPPP not working!

jpm

Hi All,

I am hoping someone can help.

I am trying to replace a Mikrotik router which connects to my ISP - Goscomb Technologies, via 2 x Draytek 120 modems bonded using MLPPP. This connects to my virtual PFSense router (ESX based), by doing everything with the hardware PFSense router connected directly to the modems.

We have had a number of network issues and I want to simplify the setup going forward. Unfortunately I can not get PFSense to bond the 2 lines even though the Mikrotik does the job fine!

Following the guide here - https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-Link_PPP_(MP/MLPPP) It tries to connect, but in the logs it returns:

Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] CHAP: Using authname "username@goscomb.net"
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] CHAP: sending RESPONSE #2 len: 42
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] CHAP: rec'd SUCCESS #2 len: 4
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: authorization successful
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] Can't join bundle wan without multilink negotiated.
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] link did not validate in bundle
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: parameter negotiation failed
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Opened –> Stopping
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: SendTerminateReq #25
Sep 29 13:21:45 Internet-PFSense ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: LayerDown

Does anyone with more experience of this than me have a clue what is going wrong?

Many thanks for any help you can give,

John

iFloris

Though I do not have a solution, I thought it might be helpful to know that I have tried and failed to get mlppp working over vigor 120 modems.
My ISP's tech thought it was due to the pppoe - pppoa bridging.

If you are interested in what I tried, there was a thread about it here

chpalmer

We use two Zoom 5715 modems and have no issues. You need to be able to do pppoe though.

jpm

I don't think it is the modems, as they work fine with the Mikrotik to do the same job, unless they work differently with PFSense…

chpalmer

Can you post your method for attempting the MLPPP setup?

yon

Me Too. I want to do it. I am using ZTE EPON F460.

log:

ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: authorization successful
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] Link: Matched action 'bundle "wan" ""'
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] Can't join bundle wan without multilink negotiated.
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] link did not validate in bundle
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: parameter negotiation failed
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Opened –> Stopping
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: SendTerminateReq #181
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: LayerDown
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] rec'd proto IPCP during terminate phase
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: rec'd Terminate Ack #181 (Stopping)
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Stopping –> Stopped
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: LayerFinish
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] PPPoE: connection closed
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] Link: DOWN event
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: Down event
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Stopped –> Starting
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: LayerStart
Oct 9 22:06:42 ppp: [wan_link1] Link: reconnection attempt 1353 in 1 seconds
Oct 9 22:06:43 ppp: [wan_link1] Link: reconnection attempt 1353
Oct 9 22:06:43 ppp: [wan_link1] PPPoE: Connecting to ''

chpalmer

Are you guys posting your whole log?

Your logs should look more like this-

Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MAGICNUM 672086a4
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MP MRRU 1524
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] ENDPOINTDISC [Magic] a4 75 xx c2 d4 0a de c2
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: rec'd Configure Ack #2 (Ack-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] PROTOCOMP
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MAGICNUM 672086a4
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] MP MRRU 1524
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] ENDPOINTDISC [Magic] a3 75 xx c2 xx 0a de c2
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: auth: peer wants PAP, I want nothing
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] PAP: using authname "xxxxxxxx"
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] PAP: sending REQUEST #1 len: 21
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerUp
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] PAP: rec'd ACK #1 len: 5
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: authorization successful
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Matched action 'bundle "wan" ""'
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Join bundle "wan"
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] Bundle: Status update: up 1 link, total bandwidth 64000 bps
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: Open event
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Initial --> Starting
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerStart
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: Open event
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: state change Initial --> Starting
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: LayerStart
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: Up event
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendConfigReq #1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 0.0.0.0
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: Up event
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: SendConfigReq #1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Request #1 (Req-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 6x.xxx.xxx.1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] 6x.xxx.xxx.1 is OK
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendConfigAck #1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 6x.xxx.xxx.1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Req-Sent --> Ack-Sent
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: rec'd Protocol Reject #1 (Opened)
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: protocol IPV6CP was rejected
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: protocol was rejected by peer
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: state change Req-Sent --> Stopped
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: LayerFinish
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Nak #1 (Ack-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 1xx.xxx.xxx.xx
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] 1xx.xxx.xxx.xx is OK
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: SendConfigReq #2
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 1xx.xxx.xxx.xx
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Ack #2 (Ack-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPADDR 1xx.xxx.xxx.xx
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IPCP: LayerUp
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] 1xx.xxx.xxx.xx -> 6x.xxx.xxx.1
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IFACE: Up event
Oct 6 12:59:43     ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe1
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "r4-Westin"
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PPPoE: connection successful
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] Link: UP event
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: Up event
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: SendConfigReq #1
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PROTOCOMP
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MAGICNUM b79a7357
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MP MRRU 2048
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] ENDPOINTDISC [Magic] a5 76 xe c2 d4 0a de c2
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: rec'd Configure Request #1 (Req-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] AUTHPROTO PAP
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MAGICNUM fbb9cccb
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MP MRRU 1524
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] ENDPOINTDISC [LOCAL] 72 34 2d xx 65 73 74 69 6e
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: SendConfigAck #1
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] AUTHPROTO PAP
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MAGICNUM fbb9cccb
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MP MRRU 1524
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] ENDPOINTDISC [LOCAL] 72 34 2d xx 65 73 74 69 6e
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Req-Sent --> Ack-Sent
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: rec'd Configure Ack #1 (Ack-Sent)
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PROTOCOMP
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MRU 1492
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MAGICNUM b79a7357
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] MP MRRU 2048
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] ENDPOINTDISC [Magic] ax 75 xx c2 d4 0a de c2
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: auth: peer wants PAP, I want nothing
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PAP: using authname "xxxxxx"
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PAP: sending REQUEST #1 len: 21
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: LayerUp
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] PAP: rec'd ACK #1 len: 5
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] LCP: authorization successful
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan_link1] Link: Join bundle "wan"
Oct 6 12:59:47     ppp: [wan] Bundle: Status update: up 2 links, total bandwidth 128000 bps

chpalmer

You need to go to /interfaces_ppps.php and select your interfaces there.

Then go to /interfaces_assign.php and for WAN select the pppoe interface you just set up. Mine is ppp0e1