From: "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: PPPoE -- Any Guru's out there ? -- Message-ID: <20010210101636.A671@arrakis.desert-power.org>
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Hey folks! I'm having a little trouble getting PPPoE to work. I followed the instructions to the letter of: http://www.daemonnews.org/200101/pppoe.html and could not get it to work. Whenever I cd to /etc/ppp and issue the command : # /usr/sbin/ppp I get the following error message: Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 Warning: Bad label in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf (line 16) - missing colon Feb 10 09:54:00 arrakis ppp[670]: Warning: Bad label in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf (line 16) - missing colon Here is a snippet of where the error message is referring to: * Line numbers included for reference as I use vim with line numbering enabled * 14 default: 15 # PPP over Ethernet 16 set device PPPoE:ep0: 17 set speed sync 18 set mru 1492 19 set mtu 1492 20 set ctsrts off 21 22 # monitor line quality 23 enable lqr So as a result, I have tried a different approach to get this to work: http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/dsl.html --> then : http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ipfw.html --> firewall My dsl service is using an external modem/router which connects to my first ethernet interface ep0 and configured ep0 using DHCP. My ISP provider is separate from my DSL provider. I usually authenticate to both the DSL and ISP providers through a web browser to access the internet, thus I believe I need PPPoE instead of natd. Please correct me if I am wrong about this assumption. I wish to use the FreeBSD box as the gateway/firewall to my internal network, but it has been very difficult to get PPPoE working if no matter how many colons I add or remove from (above line 16) it does not work. I have my kernel compiled with all the options the PPPoE page (from DaemonNews) asked for. Is there a step I am missing there? After I get PPPoE to work, I need to enable ep1 as the interface which my internal network will use as a link to the internet. I have them configured much like the example here: ep0 Ip addr 10.196.xx.161 (assigned by) --> DHCP --> DSL modem/router ep1 --> hub --> internal network ip 10.196.43.161 netmask 255.255.255.248 broadcast 10.196.43.167 (I figure I will not need more ips than that which explains my netmask). Any help would be appreciated. Particularly in helping me to get PPPoE working or perhaps someone point me in the right direction as to weather I need PPPoE or natd ? I am assuming PPPoE because I use an external modem/router which plugs into a hub (normally uplink) which allows dhcp for all connected machines. Maybe I need to abandon PPPoE and use natd instead? Please help if you will, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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