PPOE does not Reinitialise after failure
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Hopefully this is the right area for this:-
I have a PFSENSE (AMD64 2.15) box with two WAN connections vlaned on nic1 and mutiple lans vlaned on nic2. In addition there are two additional dummy wan interfaces (vlanned on nic1) set up purely to access the http interface on the two modems. Both nics are connected to a CISO switch which manages the vlans to the appropriate places.
Both WANs are set up as ppoe to Tecnicolor TG582n modems
All works fine except When the modem drops the DSL and then it re-establishes or there is a problem with the modem when the system starts. In these situations the PPOE does not always appear to recover and we see the following in the log:-
Jan 23 12:16:17 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2169 in 3 seconds
Jan 23 12:16:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2169
Jan 23 12:16:20 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[1f]:"->"mpd39567-0" and "[a5]:"->"left": No such file or directory
Jan 23 12:16:20 ppp: [wan_link0] can't remove hook mpd39567-0 from node "[1f]:": No such file or directory
Jan 23 12:16:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
and so on ad infinitumSimply re-saving the PPOE interface without changing anything is enough to get it going again
when I do that I see the following in the log:-
Jan 23 12:16:31 ppp: caught fatal signal term
Jan 23 12:16:31 ppp: [wan] IFACE: Close event
Jan 23 12:16:31 ppp: [wan] IPCP: Close event
Jan 23 12:16:31 ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: Close event
Jan 23 12:16:33 ppp: [wan] Bundle: Shutdown
Jan 23 12:16:33 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: Shutdown
Jan 23 12:16:33 ppp: process 39567 terminated
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: Multi-link PPP daemon for FreeBSD
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp:
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: process 77764 started, version 5.7 (root@pf2_1_1_amd64.pfsense.org 08:19 15-Aug-2014)
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: web: web is not running
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan] Bundle: Interface ng0 created
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: OPEN event
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Open event
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Initial –> Starting
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "npe001.mil-B22"
Jan 23 12:16:34 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection successful
followed by all the normal connecting stuffAnyone have any ideas of what the problem is?
thanks
Stephen -
Is upgrading to 2.2 an option, seeing as the 2.2 forum has now been retired in the last 12 hours?
These threads might be relevant, but the first link caught my eye when googling "pfsense can't remove hook"
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=36043.msg203273#msg203273
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=31409.0
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,31247.0.htmlAlthough slightly different to your setup, ie mine is just pfsense2.2rc into a single modem with no vlan to access the router/modem, the highest I've seen a ppp attempt is 34 times (reverse order to your layout).
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Open event
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: OPEN event
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: [wan] Bundle: Interface ng0 created
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: web: web is not running
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: process 5756 started, version 5.7 (root@pfsense-22-amd64-builder 12:58 18-Nov-2014)
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp:
Jan 19 16:41:55 ppp: Multi-link PPP daemon for FreeBSD
Jan 19 16:40:47 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 34 in 4 seconds
Jan 19 16:40:47 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down eventa single retry attempt (reverse order to yours)
Jan 19 20:17:40 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: SendConfigReq #1
Jan 19 20:17:40 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Starting –> Req-Sent
Jan 19 20:17:40 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Up event
Jan 19 20:17:40 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: UP event
Jan 19 20:17:40 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection successful
Jan 19 20:17:39 ppp: PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "npe001.cam-B20"
Jan 19 20:17:33 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jan 19 20:17:33 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
Jan 19 20:17:29 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 4 seconds
Jan 19 20:17:29 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
Jan 19 20:17:29 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jan 19 20:17:29 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: state change Initial –> Starting
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Open event
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan_link0] Link: OPEN event
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: [wan] Bundle: Interface ng0 created
Jan 19 20:17:20 ppp: web: web is not running
Jan 19 20:17:19 ppp: process 65724 terminatedDont know the history of your pfsense usage, ie installed from scratch or had some updates/upgrades over time, but some upgrade processes do not always go smoothly, so sometimes its best to install from scratch and config from scratch if problems occur.
fwiw.