Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Is PPPOE working for you guys?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General pfSense Questions
    75 Posts 21 Posters 40.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • ?
      Guest
      last edited by

      So I have thise 2wire f90 mode. i tried PPPOE on my windows xp laptop, works A OK.
      Now, I configured pfsense to do it, set the interface to PPPOE, put my username and pass, but it doesn't get an IP.

      I don't think it's even attempting to connect, using the Mar26 build.

      AMD64
      anyone else have similar problems?

      http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.firewalls.pfsense.support/22108

      I saw this, so that is why I am going to guess it's a pfsense 2.0 issue…

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • ?
        Guest
        last edited by

        More detail

        Apr 7 15:30:29	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:29	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 459 in 2 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 459
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:31	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 460 in 2 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 460
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:33	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 461 in 4 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 461
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:37	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 462 in 3 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 462
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:40	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 463 in 4 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 463
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:44	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 464 in 1 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 464
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:45	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 465 in 3 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 465
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:48	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 466 in 3 seconds
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 466
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "opt2_link0" with undefined interface
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 15:30:51	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 467 in 4 seconds
        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • ?
          Guest
          last edited by

          Actually it was just misconfigured, fixed the configuration, but still a no go

          Apr 7 16:35:43	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Apr 7 16:35:43	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 16:35:43	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 16:35:43	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 4 seconds
Apr 7 16:35:47	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
Apr 7 16:35:47	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Apr 7 16:35:56	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Apr 7 16:35:56	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 16:35:56	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 16:35:56	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 3 seconds
Apr 7 16:35:59	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
Apr 7 16:35:59	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Apr 7 16:36:08	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Apr 7 16:36:08	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 16:36:08	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 16:36:08	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 3 seconds
Apr 7 16:36:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
Apr 7 16:36:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Apr 7 16:36:20	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Apr 7 16:36:20	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Apr 7 16:36:20	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Apr 7 16:36:20	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 1 seconds
Apr 7 16:36:21	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4
Apr 7 16:36:21	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
Apr 7 16:36:30	ppp: [opt2_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds

          Tried rebooting pfsense and everything…

          EDIT: Tried pfsense 1.2.3 livecd, and PPPOE is not an option of the interface I want... I think I rmemeber reading somewhere only the WAN interface can be PPPOE in pfsense 1.2.3

          Just tried an old ass linksys router, and that worked. Shame pfsense, shame.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • chpalmerC
            chpalmer
            last edited by

            On the interface you are trying to set up…

            Go to interfaces/assign and delete it.

            Go to interfaces/assign/PPPs and set it up there...  You can choose your interface there.

            See if it gets you better results.

            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • B
              Bill48105
              last edited by

              jigglywiggly,
              I was having the same issue on 2.0. Somehow the interfaces & PPP sections get out of sync or something. I ended up setting all PPPoE interfaces to non PPPoE, saved & applied. Went & deleted all PPP entries, rebooted, checked logs to make sure there were no PPPoE attempts then changed each interface back to PPPoE entering settings on that screen & saving WITHOUT clicking on advanced 'click here' link as that might be what I did to muck it up. Also, I noticed one of my WAN connections requires NULL service namje box to be checked but that is only available on the PPP settings screen itself not on the interface screen. (It says you can leave it blank but it doesn't work for me if left blank).

              PPPoE on multiple wan's seems to work great in 2.0 once you get past the hurdles (WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT PICK THE WRONG INTERFACE ON PPP SCREEN! I did that & pfsense would no longer boot!  It'd get to some screen where it was trying to bind to the pppoe & puke with cryptic messages. I ended up having to reinstall pfsense so glad it was a test box.) but seems the web interface still has some work to be done. In meantime trick seems to be to avoid clicking advanced (especially when initially setting up or the linked PPP is foobar), avoid entering values in fields you don't use (DoD & idle timeout fields were a bitch for me once I made mistake of entering 0 & what seemed no going back) and realizing it might require deleting them & starting over like I described above if some stray setting gets saved on accident. :D (That odd logging you posted seems to be tell-tale sign PPP is F'd & needs above to start over)
              Bill

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • ?
                Guest
                last edited by

                Good news, I've decided to not use pfsense for pppoe at all and just let my modem handle it after reading that post  :P

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • R
                  Ryanmt
                  last edited by

                  I am and it is working reliably now. Was a bit of a pig to setup however, i think it had something to do adding a new pppoE connecting then assigning it to the interface rather than setting the interface to pppoE ( I cant remember the exact screens!)

                  I do know one thing though, first time round it took upto 15mins to connect. Im not sure if it was something to do with the sessions at the ISP but after days of messing it eventually just connected all by itself.

                  PS my log looked just like that too. Try tunning tpcdump -i <interface name="">you should see a few PADI packets going by.</interface>

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • C
                    ChristOff
                    last edited by

                    Hello,

                    I've exactly the same behaviour jigglywiggly had in his 3rd message.

                    Whatever way I use to configure PPPoE gets me to the same result:
                    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 3 seconds
                    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
                    ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '*'
                    ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
                    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
                    ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
                    I tried by setting the "configure NULL service name" check box on and off.

                    The physical configuration is exactly the same I used before with 1.2.3 (modem in bridge mode, connected to vr1 port of an Alix 2D13 board through HP switches on VLAN 10) and that worked flawlessly.

                    I've tried various ways to configure this connection:

                    • directly in the WAN interface (set it to PPPoE, configure)
                    • indirectly, using the assign method, first create a PPPoE session on vr1, than assign PPPoE(vr1) to WAN
                    • indirectly through VLAN, create the VLAN tag, assign OPTx to this, create the PPPoE session on OPTx assign PPPoE(OPTx) to WAN)
                      None of these get further than "PPPoE connection timeout after XX seconds" (interfaces are correctly assigned - I had the second log message of jigglywiggly too).

                    Nothing else than this laconic error comes in logs.
                    Could someone come with an hint or give me a direction about what I could try?

                    Thanks
                    ChristOff

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • N
                      Newgen
                      last edited by

                      Hi all,

                      I've had problems few days ago too with PPPOE, was transferring my old backup file to a new machine.
                      After going through the logs, i remember that the interfaces were the issues.
                      And i double checked and found out that the Bridge setting for WAN and LAN was gone on the new machine.
                      So I went back to the new machine, corrected the interfaces, and added the Bridge. It solved my problem.

                      Bridge.png
                      Bridge.png_thumb

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • C
                        ChristOff
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for your reply Newgen.

                        I hadn't any bridge before (and don't understand why I would want one between Wan and Lan, as this is where I should have routing).
                        Did it solve PPPoE timeout errors for you?

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • N
                          Newgen
                          last edited by

                          My PPPOE didn't work at all before I bridge the Wan and Lan interfaces.
                          So yes, it did solve my problem.
                          Why not just give it a try and repost logs that you get.

                          Cheers

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • L
                            Lord_Drachenblut
                            last edited by

                            i've tried setting up pppoe on my machine and here is a snippet of the system log after trying to get it working

                            May 2 15:44:29 php: : rc.newwanip: Informational is starting xl0.
                            May 2 15:44:29 php: : rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 99.102.185.18) (interface: wan) (real interface: xl0).
                            May 2 15:44:30 php: : The command 'route add -host 99.102.185.1' returned exit code '1', the output was 'route: writing to routing socket: Invalid argument add host 99.102.185.1: Invalid argument'
                            May 2 15:44:30 php: : Resyncing configuration for all packages.
                            May 2 15:44:32 php: : ROUTING: change default route to 99.102.185.1
                            May 2 15:44:33 check_reload_status: reloading filter
                            May 2 15:44:33 apinger: Starting Alarm Pinger, apinger(2755)

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • I
                              infinityloop
                              last edited by

                              I can not get PPPoE to work at all

                              In my opinion, the setup of wan connections got extremely more complex in 2.0.

                              Tested yesterdays svn build of 2.0RC1 to see if PPPoE is finally working and it is still not…. :S

                              Interfaces -> assign -> PPP's -> edit interface which is from 1.2.3

                              NO INTERFACES ARE SELECTABLE - until I re-select PPPoE AGAIN in the drop down list.
                              Why does WAN and LAN appear there? thats not a physical interface. :S
                              Entered the username and pass.

                              But even then, PPPoE is not working:
                              System log reports this when trying to connect: May 5 22:02:20 - php: : Could not find gateway for interface(wan).

                              Reverted to the iamge i took from 1.2.3. That one is working nicely and one hell of a lot easier to setup PPPoE.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • D
                                dzeanah
                                last edited by

                                Tested yesterdays svn build of 2.0RC1 to see if PPPoE is finally working and it is still not…. :S

                                It's working perfectly for me on RC1.  Interfaces, Wan, PPPoE, enter username/password and choose details, and it's been up without issues.  Including over a few firmware updates.  :)

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • W
                                  wallabybob
                                  last edited by

                                  I have had no problems with pppoe on pfSense 2.0 including changing from pppoe over a physical interface to pppoe over a VLAN. I upgraded from pfSense 1.2.3 but didn't start using ppp until some months after the upgrade.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • I
                                    infinityloop
                                    last edited by

                                    @Derek:

                                    Tested yesterdays svn build of 2.0RC1 to see if PPPoE is finally working and it is still not…. :S

                                    It's working perfectly for me on RC1.  Interfaces, Wan, PPPoE, enter username/password and choose details, and it's been up without issues.  Including over a few firmware updates.  :)

                                    May I ask which build you are running?

                                    I have:

                                    • em0 - Lan
                                    • em1 - wan

                                    What I did was:
                                    1. Interfaces -> assign -> PPP's -> edit interface
                                    2. inside that present (migrated) PPPoE, there is no interface (em0 / em1) selectable.
                                    3. at least not as long as i tick the dropdown menu where PPPoE is selected, and select PPPoE again.
                                    4. then it lists all interfaces (including LAN and WAN…. :S) and I can select em1
                                    5. i then add user and pass for PPPoE, but still. it does not work - the wan stays down - manually trying to connect only results in log as seen in 6. and status = "down"
                                    6. System log reports this when trying to connect: May 5 22:02:20 - php: : Could not find gateway for interface(wan).

                                    am I missing some step in setup of PPPoE in 2.0?

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • C
                                      cmb
                                      last edited by

                                      The new PPP capabilities for MLPPP and other circumstances apparently has left some issues with lacking input validation that allows invalid configurations in a way that some people are screwing up. I've yet to determine exactly what that is.

                                      If it's not working, reset to defaults, assign interfaces after the reboot, log into the web interface on LAN, when going through the setup wizard configure your PPPoE info, and you're done. Don't ever touch PPP-related settings outside of Interfaces>WAN (or whichever interface is your PPPoE WAN) unless you have reason to (such as MLPPP).

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • I
                                        infinityloop
                                        last edited by

                                        @cmb:

                                        The new PPP capabilities for MLPPP and other circumstances apparently has left some issues with lacking input validation that allows invalid configurations in a way that some people are screwing up. I've yet to determine exactly what that is.

                                        Can I help you with finding out what causes this?
                                        I have reverted back to an working image of 1.2.3. So I can upgrade to any build of 1.2.0 RC easiely.

                                        I can give you the files/info pre and post the upgrade. Just tell me which. :)

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • C
                                          cmb
                                          last edited by

                                          If you can get a backup of a config that isn't working that could help. You can email it to me (cmb at pfsense dot org) with a link to this thread.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • I
                                            infinityloop
                                            last edited by

                                            @cmb:

                                            If you can get a backup of a config that isn't working that could help. You can email it to me (cmb at pfsense dot org) with a link to this thread.

                                            Will do that doring the weekend when I get back from my business trip. Thanks for your help! :)

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.