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    I'M STUCK: pppoe client

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      raistlin
      last edited by

      Hi everyone,

      I am trying to connect a pfSense router to a Centurytel DSL account.  I use and love pfSense at home on a DHCP (cable modem) environment.  However, this DSL account is giving me trouble.  Currently there is a simple Linksys wireless router installed, and it works great.  I have the correct pppoe user name and password, and even tried spoofing the pfSense's WAN MAC to match the Linksys MAC.  I've never used BSD/UNIX/Linux in a PPPOE environment, so I really don't even know where to start…  I plug the ethernet cable from the modem to the Linksys and it connects immediately.  The modem is a SpeedStream 5260.

      I found in the forum the document about ATT accounts may need <dnsnosec>key in the xml file, and have also tried this.

      I get the following from the pfSense Log:

      Jul 17 08:36:23 mpd: AUTHPROTO PAP
      Jul 17 08:36:23 mpd: MAGICNUM 17436208
      Jul 17 08:36:23 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:23 mpd: MAGICNUM 969cb8c9
      Jul 17 08:36:23 mpd: MESG: Request Denied
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MAGICNUM ef32cbc7
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: AUTHPROTO PAP
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MAGICNUM 53f31e48
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: AUTHPROTO PAP
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MAGICNUM 53f31e48
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MAGICNUM ef32cbc7
      Jul 17 08:36:30 mpd: MESG: Request Denied
      Jul 17 08:36:36 mpd: MRU 1492
      Jul 17 08:36:36 mpd: MAGICNUM 9799582c
      Jul 17 08:36:36 mpd: MRU 1492

      Any help is appreciated!  (I have tried this with v1.2.3RC1 and v2.0-ALPHA-ALPHA with the same results)
      John</dnsnosec>

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        raistlin
        last edited by

        Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?  I tried to do a packet capture on the WAN NIC, but it captures 0 packets.

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          dnky_bones
          last edited by

          Hrm…

          Maybe a silly question, but have you tried rebooting the DSL modem after moving to the PFS box?

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            raistlin
            last edited by

            Yes.  I even tried everything off, turn the pfSense box on and let it boot, then turn the modem on… same result.

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              autobot
              last edited by

              Maybe if you followed the instructions here the additional configuration options may get you there.

              http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/27/71/

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