if_pppoe didn't reconnect automatically

mcfly9

Hi,

I have been happily using 2.8.0-RELEASE since its release. Tonight though my PPPOE connection dropped, and woke up in the morning to no internet and the WAN interface down. I'm using the new if_pppoe module.

System log didn't give a clue to what happened:

Jun 13 00:08:45	kernel		pppoe0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 13 00:08:50	rc.gateway_alarm	47335	>>> Gateway alarm: WAN_DHCP (Addr:145.x.y.z Alarm:1 RTT:2.188ms RTTsd:.347ms Loss:22%)
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	updating dyndns WAN_DHCP
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Restarting IPsec tunnels
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Reloading filter
Jun 13 00:08:50	rc.gateway_alarm	49865	>>> Gateway alarm: WAN_DHCP6 (Addr:fe80::b226:80ff:fe51:a865%pppoe0 Alarm:1 RTT:1.699ms RTTsd:.259ms Loss:22%)
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	updating dyndns WAN_DHCP6
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Restarting IPsec tunnels
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Restarting OpenVPN tunnels/interfaces
Jun 13 00:08:50	check_reload_status	504	Reloading filter
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	4247	/rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet, use the first one configured. 'WAN_DHCP'
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	4247	/rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. 'WAN_DHCP6'
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	50120	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS (router.mydomain.eu) There was an error trying to determine the public IP for interface - wan (pppoe0 ).
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	26005	/rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet, use the first one configured. 'WAN_DHCP'
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	26005	/rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. 'WAN_DHCP6'
Jun 13 00:08:51	php-fpm	63832	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS (router.mydomain.eu) There was an error trying to determine the public IP for interface - wan (pppoe0 ).

(log edited for privacy)

No entries in the PPP log. Any idea why the pppoe link didn't reconnect automatically? I rebooted pfsense in the morning and all back to normal now.

ITSGS_

@mcfly9 You might want to check my thread. Will report back if setting a Reconnect using Cron works.

PPoe Cron Reset

stephenw10

Hmm, nothing logged before or after that?

It should have tried to reconnect.

If you see it again you can run pppcfg pppoe0 to see what it's doing. It will show you the connection phase and state.

coolspot

@mcfly9 I'm facing the same issue - I noticed it probably a few months ago but never followed up.

A reboot will fix the issue.

The cron job does not seem to reconnect properly, only a full reboot fixes the issue.

stephenw10

What does pppcfg pppoe0 show? Can you see it trying to connect in a pcap?

mcfly9

@stephenw10 I have not see this reoccurring. It's been largely stable in the past 6 months. Will come back to this thread if it ever breaks again.