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From: "Andrew" <infofarmer@mail.ru>
To: "Chris Knipe" <savage@savage.za.org>
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Subject: Re: PPPoE misbehaving?
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Chris Knipe wrote:

> Lo all,
>
> I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 5.2 to get support for the ath
devices... All
> it well (so far), but I'm baffled as to why my PPPoEd aren't
operating...
>
> A quick example...
>
> su-2.05b# ifconfig
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1250
>         ether 00:02:6f:20:98:bb
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/1Mbps <hostap>
(autoselect
> <hostap>)
>         status: associated
>         ssid VARYNET-HS01 1:VARYNET-HS01
>         channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>         wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
>         wepkey 1:40-bit
>
> All is fine, the WLAN is up and working.  When I do assign IP
addresses on
> the interface, the WiFi Client can talk to the server via the wireless
> network.  Thus, the network itself is fine...  Next, I start up
PPPoEd:
>
> su-2.05b# /usr/libexec/pppoed -Fd -l pppoe ath0
> Sending NGM_LISTHOOKS to ath0:
> Got reply from id [1]: Type ether with 1 hooks
>   Got [1]:orphans -> [4]:ethernet
> Sending PPPOE_LISTEN to .:pppoe-5086, provider
> pppoed[5086]: Listening
>
>
> Also fine....  Lastly, the client fires off a PPPoE session... TCPDump
shows
> the packets without problems...
> tcpdump: listening on ath0
> 12:31:09.050286 PPPoE PADI [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq UTF8]
> 12:31:09.122091 PPPoE PADI [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq UTF8]
> ^C
> 2 packets received by filter
> 0 packets dropped by kernel
>
> However, the PPPoE Deamon simply does not pick it up and does nothing.
No
> session is initiated, no ppp processes are spawned, nothing... This
exact
> same configuration over a wired network works perfectly with
FBSD4.10... Has
> something changed?????

I don't really know what's the problem, but try to explicitly tell
pppoed what to execute (-e switch). Try some arbitrary program, like
top, to see if it is actually bringing up anything.

Have a nice,
Andrew