Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:04:48 -0600 From: freebsd@dreamchaser.org To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging Message-ID: <471E37C0.5040702@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <200710231205.09703.nvass@teledomenet.gr> References: <471D5D11.3090201@dreamchaser.org> <200710231205.09703.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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Hi Nikos,
Thank you and rw for your replies.
The freebsd box is connected directly via ed1 to the dsl modem;
a crossover cable is used; the packets are clearly reaching the modem,
as it records them as received.
I've simplified ppp.conf to the following, essentially the ppp.conf.sample:
default:
set log all -timer
blackfoot:
set device PPPoE:ed1
enable lqr echo
set cd 5
set redial 0 0
set dial
set login
set authname xxxxxxxx
set authkey yyyyyyyy
add! default HISADDR
#ifconfig ed1
ed1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::220:18ff:fe72:8b72%ed1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
ether 00:20:18:72:8b:72
#tcpdump -efntl -i ed1
tcpdump: WARNING: ed1: no IPv4 address assigned
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on ed1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
00:20:18:72:8b:72 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype PPPoE D (0x8863), length 32: PPPoE PADI [Host-Uniq 0x402DA4C1] [Service-Name]
00:20:18:72:8b:72 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype PPPoE D (0x8863), length 32: PPPoE PADI [Host-Uniq 0x402DA4C1] [Service-Name]
It appears that no PADO reply is being received by the modem;
the modem shows two packets being transmitted, but non being received.
Since the line is marked as up by the modem,
and since the line comes up properly when the modem is operating in
full PPPoE mode, I'm puzzled as to what kind of mismatch could be
preventing the ISP end from responding.
This is a zyxel 642r modem; I can't try my other modem, a cisco 678,
because it doesn't support a vci > 63.
The modem is set to use VC-based multiplexing, vpi=0, vci=100
These are the parameters used for PPPoE, and I presume are still
required as part of the ATM layer when bridging.
I am assuming there should be no need for my ISP to be notified that I
am trying to use bridging in the modem, since it should be transparent
on their end. They claim not to support bridging, but I don't see how
they can say that, other than that they don't want to deal with the
support issues. Is this a reasonable assumption?
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 05:31:45 freebsd@dreamchaser.org wrote:
>> I'm attempting to change a DSL link from using PPPoE in the DSL modem
>> to doing PPPoE on 6.1, with the modem in bridging mode.
>>
>> I've put the DSL modem in bridging mode, and it brings up the link
>> properly -- or at least it reports it as up (DSL led steady; modem
>> status report shows it as up, rfc 1483.
>>
>> Using user ppp, when I attempt to establish the PPPoE connection, I
>> never get very far -- ppp dies when it tries to acquire carrier. I
>> don't understand this, as there isn't a carrier signal to acquire on
>> an ethernet.
>
> There is carrier on ethernet. Ethernet belongs to the CSMA/DA model
> where CS means carrier sense.
>
>> I tried disabling cd in ppp.conf but as noted in the doc,
>> it's required for a PPPoE connection and is forced on.
>>
>> Also, how do I know know which interface it is attempting to connect to?
>> The debug log shows it found five interfaces, but doesn't indicate which
>> one it is trying to connect to.
>
> It tries to use ed1 for PPPoE(set device PPPoE:ed1)
> Can you use the minimal configuration labelled pppoe
> from /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample?
> The only things you have to change are:
> The ethernet interface it will try PPPoE.
> username and password.
>
> Is your ed1 connected to the modem directly?
> Or it goes through a switch? Can you try connecting
> your ed1 directly on your DSL modem's ethernet port?
> You might need a crossover cable to do this(
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable)
> or not since these days many ethernet ports do
> this automatically.
>
>
> Please post also ifconfig and run tcpdump on ed1
> during try.
>
...
> I dont'see anything wrong, but I may be wrong. The small
> sample configuration always worked for me. Why don't you
> use it as a starting point?
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