PPPOE wan will not connect -
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I revue your logfile and i see 3x : [wan_link0] LCP: authorization failed
that leads me to think that something is wrong with your credentials - in your browser and on the pfsense GUI do not use autofill (just another hint) -
@fireodo i do not use autofill. and I have verified the username and password so many times to make sure.
It is identical to my USG details -
@gerryatric said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
I have verified the username and password so many times to make sure.
It is identical to my USG detailsI have no doubt on that - but "LCP: authorization failed" means (as far as I know) that user/pwd-combination is not valid. Do you have, by chance, some special characters in your pwd that maybe pfsense is handling wrong? (DONT write it here)
Edit: I checked my own PPP-Log (yes I have a PPPOE connection) and in my case it says: "[wan_link0] LCP: authorization successful" -
@fireodo Hi
Only an ! in the password.
Would pfsense be kicking up a fuss with that? -
@gerryatric said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
Would pfsense be kicking up a fuss with that?
I remember a discussion a while a go (that was on DYNDNS if I remember well) whit some trouble on "special" Passwords ...
Can you change the PWD by chance? -
I don't think this is an authentication issue dircetly because when it fails it's doing so because of a timeout:
Sep 11 05:04:43 ppp 785 [wan_link0] LCP: authorization timer expired Sep 11 05:04:43 ppp 785 [wan_link0] LCP: authorization failedIt's not actually failing the auth and receiving an error from the other end. More like the process is out of sync for some reason, the client restarts and the server is still waiting for something else much further along.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Hi Steve. I agree, Remebering that when we first got it working, it would stay connected. when I finally got the Assignment order around the right way for the ports.
now it does this and I have no clue.
The USG pro just works.
This was connecting for up to 2 minutes and then disconnecting.
Now it tries and fails, What could it be waiting for. is there something else it needs. seeing as there so many more options in PFSense than the USG -
You said earlier that you had/have the USG and the ER both connecting to iiNet using the same PPPOE credentials. Is that on your FTTP or your old connection?
Were they each obtaining separate public IP addresses?
Are both the USG and the ER boxes disconnected from the network when you attempt to get PPPOE working on pfSense?
Sorry for all the questions but let's try to get to the bottom of this.
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@biggsy ok so previously on VDSL NBN I could connect as many units as I wanted to the wan port. This only used a user name and password. no VLAN
The USG and the Edgerouter were both connected at the same time and had separate IP addresses. Which I thought was pretty amazing.
that worked perfectly.I moved to the North Lakes area and now have FTTP terminated in my garage.
The USG is connected to it using the username and password and Vlan. pretty simple
The edgerouter was connected as well using same credentials.
This was my test lan or proving lan.
Both the USG and the Edgerouter were connected to a Cisco switch which in turn was connexted to port 2 on my NTD Fibre box
Worked great.
So now I wanted to setup PFSENSE as the edgeroute has a speed issue when you turn on some IPS/IDS etc. chops the through speed in half.,
now considering I am on gigabit fibre and 800mbps on the wan side and 300mbps on the lan side is still blazing compared to VDSL of supposedly 100mbps but rarely ever got above 75mbps. This connection is awesome.
but as usual, you pay for something, you want it to be killer speed.
So hence Pfsense.But getting it to work even if I turn off my USG and edgerouter and pfsense is the only connection, is still not working.
I just reset PFSENSe to factory and started again. and got the exact same log issues -
@gerryatric hi, I also use iinet as my ISP. there is a link that might help you: https://www.etsau.com/pfsense-on-nbn
I am using with no issues. hope this helps you. cheers -
Great find! I was just thinking about putting together something similar in plain text.
If the instructions in that link don't work, it's very likely iiNet limit the number of IP addresses they will give out, probably based on MAC address. I'm also surprised that you were able to connect the USG and Edgerouter to the NBN through the switch and get two public IPs.
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@biggsy IINET do not limit the number of IP addresses either by count or by mac address. I have had multiple routers on this connection. NBN modems, USG 3 router, USG 4 pro router, Edgerouter X SFP, and none of them have ever had an issue.
at the same time and also singularly.
As mentioned previously, I disconnected all the routers and used the PFSENSE box by itself and had the exact same result.I will try the link provided by Jorgek and see if that helps.
although remembering right at the start of this exercise it was connecting fine and lasting for a minute or 2. now it won't even connect.back soon with results.
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@gerryatric
did you contact your provider yet and asked for assistance/logs? -
@jorgek said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
https://www.etsau.com/pfsense-on-nbn
Hi Jorgek
So right away that guide differs on PFSENSe.
There does not seem to be an interfaces/switches area at all unless it is so obvious I can't see it.
maybe a different version of pfsense?
I get to vlans by interfaces/interface assignments and then on that menu I get to create a vlan interface which is the second part of that step. but the first part I can not locate -
@hudri
we are discussing NBN in australia here. Particularly IINET, If I ask them that, it will be a hmm what is that unless I get to level 2 support or further. been down that road.,
Are you using the default modem will be the first question -
you are right! here in Austria it would be the same as down under :)
Still it might be worth to try to get help from them.
Maybe there is a "user forum" from your provider?@gerryatric said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
@hudri
we are discussing NBN in australia here. Particularly IINET, If I ask them that, it will be a hmm what is that unless I get to level 2 support or further. been down that road.,
Are you using the default modem will be the first question -
@gerryatric said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
There does not seem to be an interfaces/switches area at all unless it is so obvious I can't see it.
maybe a different version of pfsense?Yes, the Unit in that Link is a SG-1100/SG-3100 and it uses pfsense+ and different net-interface names, but the principle of connection is the same as in pfsenseCE!
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@gerryatric said in PPPOE wan will not connect -:
There does not seem to be an interfaces/switches area at all unless it is so obvious I can't see it.
maybe a different version of pfsense?Not a different pfSense version.
It's as that web page explains : The "Switches" part is for the 3100.
The "Netgate 3100" uses, like most ISP router, a single hardware NIC but has multiple switched ports, so it can behave like a switch (example : all ports are LAN) or, with the help of VLANs, you can create LAN+OPT1+OPT2+OP = 4 individual networks.
If you don't have a Netgate 3100 like device, just skip that part. -
Sorry, missed the part about trying pfSense by itself.
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@gertjan all good. now that I have cleared up that I don't have a 3100 router,
Back onto the job. lets see if I can get this silly thing to work now.
Thanks so much for all the info guys. very helpful.
It is just odd, it doesn't just work. like the USG
oh wellI will advise shortly
