From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jun 19 12:49:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from obsidian.sentex.ca (obsidian.sentex.ca [64.7.128.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B5837B40C for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:49:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from simian.sentex.net (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by obsidian.sentex.ca (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g5JJnU7U072623; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:49:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020619153843.04ac1868@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:51:48 -0400 To: Brian Somers From: Mike Tancsa Subject: FreeBSD PPPoE Broken ? (was Re: tracking down strange MTU issues with PPPoE) Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020619193045.439046ce.brian@Awfulhak.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020618203201.07212f30@192.168.0.12> <5.1.0.14.0.20020618163928.05018cf0@marble.sentex.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020618163928.05018cf0@marble.sentex.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020618203201.07212f30@192.168.0.12> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: By Sentex Communications (obsidian/20020220) Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org OK, just completed some more testing. Something is definitely really strange between FreeBSD's PPPoE and the ERX. I have 2 FreeBSD boxes in 2 different locations, both that were working great off Redbacks. The Telco switched out the Redbacks and put Unisphere ERXs in place. At these 2 sites, if I take out the FreeBSD boxes and put in either Windows 2000, Linux 2.4.x or a Cisco 827 all works great. With FreeBSD, I can browse and fetch data from some sites, but not all. The problem sites, transfer rates become bytes per second. If I take out those 2 FreeBSD boxes and move them physically to a different site where its terminated off a redback, all works as expected. So it would seem one or some of the following a) Something wrong with my config b) Something wrong with the ERX c) Something wrong with FreeBSD's PPPoE implementation as far as the ERX is concerned. d) Something wrong with my Telco's config. a) is always possible. But the same simple PPPoE config has been working for some time and the first box in question only stopped working when the telco switch the termination device from a RedBack SMS to the ERX. b) Possible, but all the other implementations seem to work c) Not sure where to start d) Again, certainly possible, but would it not affect all the PPPoE implementations equally? Any help is much appreciated as I dont want to abandon FreeBSD of course at these sites for Linux. ---Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message