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    Pfsense 2.0.1 and Netcomm NB5 Plus 4 Rev2

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      nitsuj
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I have pfsence 2.0 running fine on a PC with 2 nics and a (Netcomm NB5 Plus 4 Rev2 modem) in bridge mode.

      I have just purchased a mini ITX setup with 2 nics and installed pfsense 2.0.1 and then restored settings from the above machine, when I boot I cannot connect to my ISP.

      Im using PPPoe to connect with the Netcomm modem in bridge mode.

      As a test I tried a very old no brand modem and all works just fine. Once connected with the old modem I can swap in the Netcomm and it works fine, but does not work after a reboot.

      PPP log does not seem to show much.

      But I found this in the system log not sure what it means.

      Jan 31 13:23:02 apinger: No usable targets found, exiting
      Jan 31 13:23:04 php: : ROUTING: setting default route to 192.168.1.1
      Jan 31 13:23:04 php: : The command '/sbin/route change -inet default '192.168.1.1'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'route: writing to routing socket: No such process route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable change net default: gateway 192.168.1.1: Network is unreachable'

      Any ideas?

      Thanks

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        cmb
        last edited by

        Getting 192.168.1.1 as your gateway from what that's showing, is that also your LAN IP? If so, you'll have to change your LAN IP and subnet.

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          nitsuj
          last edited by

          I found that 192.168.1.1 was an old gateway leftover from testing. I have set the default gateway to the ISP IP. Now I dont get the error in the system log. But I dont think this was the problem as I still cannot connect.

          Below is the output from the PPP log. You can see that it keeps timming out and at the very end you can see when I swap to the old modem and a connection is established.

          I guess I will just get a new modem and try that, but its just weird that it worked with 2.0 and not 2.0.1.

          Thanks

          Feb 1 10:46:56 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:46:56 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 2 seconds
          Feb 1 10:46:58 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
          Feb 1 10:46:58 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:47:07 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:07 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:47:07 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:47:07 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 2 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:09 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
          Feb 1 10:47:09 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:47:18 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:18 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:47:18 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:47:18 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 1 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:19 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
          Feb 1 10:47:19 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:47:29 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:29 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:47:29 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:47:29 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 4 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:33 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4
          Feb 1 10:47:33 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:47:42 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:42 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:47:42 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:47:42 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5 in 3 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:45 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5
          Feb 1 10:47:45 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:47:54 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:54 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:47:54 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:47:54 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6 in 1 seconds
          Feb 1 10:47:55 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6
          Feb 1 10:47:55 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:48:04 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:48:04 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:48:04 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:48:04 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 in 4 seconds
          Feb 1 10:48:08 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7
          Feb 1 10:48:08 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:48:17 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
          Feb 1 10:48:17 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
          Feb 1 10:48:17 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
          Feb 1 10:48:17 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 8 in 3 seconds
          Feb 1 10:48:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 8
          Feb 1 10:48:20 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
          Feb 1 10:48:23 ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "bras-1"
          Feb 1 10:48:23 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection successful
          Feb 1 10:48:23 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: UP event
          Feb 1 10:48:23 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Up event

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            nitsuj
            last edited by

            I just purchased a new TP-Link modem TD-8840 and seems to work fine now. I think I will stick to the new modem.

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