Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:18:31 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Taras M. Dowhaluk" <tarasd@visiondb.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to enable Multi-link PPP Message-ID: <199909160718.IAA01029@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:56:24 %2B1000." <199909152157.HAA16128@m5.c2.telstra-mm.net.au>
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The first thing that jumps out is that you're using two different
login names.... is this really required ?
To see what's happening with MP negotiations, enable lcp logging. If
your MRRU option is rejected, the server doesn't do MP.
> G'day list,
>
> I have 3.2-RELEASE and using Greg Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD 3rd
> Edition plus resources on www.freebsd.org (and links) and this list it was a
> doddle to configure this box with ipfw, nat, dns, sendmail, pppd, etc etc etc.
> At the moment I use pppd to connect to our ISP (I can't remember why I
> picked pppd over ppp).
>
> Anyhow, I now want to use ppp and multi-link ppp to aggregate the 2
> modems to our ISP on the assumption that it will give us greater bandwith.
> I'll start with my ppp.conf below, I won't post the 400+ lines of log output
> unless required.
>
> When I start ppp thus, "ppp -ddial mp":
> 1. both logins seem to be made,
> 2. tun0 is brought up, netstat -rn appears as for a single-link ppp, the log
> shows
> tun0: IPCP: myaddr aaa.bbb.ccc.146 hisaddr = aaa.bbb.ccc.1
> 3. query to the diagnostic port "show mp" reveals that multi-link ppp isn't
> enabled,
> 4. ping from the tun0 interface works OK,
> 5. there is no socket created in /var/run.
>
> To prove single-link ppp is OK, I have 2 other ppp.conf sections, mp0 and
> mp1, which connect just fine on tun0 and tun1, and I can ping out of either
> interface.
>
> As an aside, I find it a bit odd that my ISP returns the _same_ remote
> address for each link. We are given 2 addresses aaa.bbb.ccc.146 and
> aaa.bbb.ccc.147, by default he always returns aaa.bbb.ccc.1, so I force the
> 147 remote address to be aaa.bbb.ccc.2 and get no complaint.
>
> Is there a command I'm missing from ppp.conf (below), and what do I look for
> in the log to tell me why multi-link ppp failed to be established.
>
> TIA, taras
>
>
> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
>
> default:
> disable lqr
> allow mode direct
> set log Connect ID0 Command TUN Chat
> set speed 115200
>
> mp:
> set socket 10000 bollocks
> set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command
> set openmode active 5
> set speed 115200
> set phone ppppppppp
> set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT \
> OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 60 CONNECT"
> set ifaddr aaa.bbb.ccc.146/24
> add default HISADDR
> set timeout 120
> set authname xxxxxx1
> set authkey xxxxxxxx
> set mrru 1500
> clone cuac00, cuac01
> link deflink remove
> link cuac00 set device /dev/cuac00
> link cuac00 set mode ddial
> link cuac00 set login "ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 name:--name:
> xxxxxx1 word: xxxxxxxx net 1"
> link cuac01 set device /dev/cuac01
> link cuac01 set mode ddial
> link cuac01 set login "ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 name:--name:
> xxxxxx2 word: xxxxxxxx net 1"
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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