Help pls: No PPPoE DialIn possible … Errors in LOG

[EmL]

Hi,

i have a problem with pfSense2.0/Alix Box. There is some problem with the dialin. It's not working with a AVM FritzBox (acting as a pure DSL Modem) and i tried also a dedicated DLINK DSL-321b DSL Modem also … same same. I performed a pre-configuration at the company incl. DialIn user and password credentials ... but without connecting it physically to a modem! After sending it to my customer, it's not working properly!

Here's what's inside the PPP log all the time:

Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 14 in 2 seconds
Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "wan_link0" with undefined interface
Nov 25 04:22:27 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 13
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 13 in 4 seconds
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE node for link is not initialized
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Skipping link "wan_link0" with undefined interface
Nov 25 04:22:23 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 12
Nov 25 04:22:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 12 in 3 seconds
Nov 25 04:22:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Nov 25 04:22:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event

I searched the forum and found some posts, but things like re-entering the credentials in WAN Interface and so on didn't resolve the issue.

Does anybody have a clue what to do next - how to solve this … I would like to make just the neccessary modifications rather than to restart from scratch with the initial wizard (don't know if this would be the solution), cause i want to avoid to do this via phone with the customer  :-\

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

[EmL]

I think it has something to do with with IMHO wrong settings in config.xml:

RIGHT                 WRONG
=====                =====

<ppps><ppp><ptpid>0</ptpid>           <ptpid>0</ptpid>
    <type>pppoe</type>       <type>pppoe</type>
    <if>pppoe0</if>         <if>pppoe0</if>
    <ports>vr1</ports>       <ports>/dev/cuau0</ports>
    <username>xyzxyz</username> <username>xyzxyzxyz</username>
    <password>xyzxyz=</password>   <password>xyzxyzxyz</password>
    <provider>M-Net</provider> <provider>Telekom</provider>
    <ondemand>on</ondemand>     <ondemand><idletimeout>0</idletimeout>    <pppoe-reset-type>custom</pppoe-reset-type></ondemand></ppp></ppps>

I'll change this in config.xml, send this to my customer and will give a feedback …

[EmL]

For those who were interested: Changing the <ports>setting inside the XML to the proper interface was the solution (as i assumed before).</ports>