From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 11:33:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFCF16A417 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:33:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+PR=24fd5e89@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27A813C4C8 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+PR=24fd5e89@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6D40D05A0 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:33:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:33:21 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071023123321.59edfd76@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <471D3737.1080300@dreamchaser.org> References: <471D3737.1080300@dreamchaser.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:33:48 -0000 On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:50:15 -0600 Gary Aitken 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. I tried disabling cd in ppp.conf but as noted in the > doc, it's required for a PPPoE connection and is forced on. > I'd try simplifying a bit, this is my ppp.conf file default: set log Phase tun command adsl: set device PPPoE:vr0 set authname ************** set authkey *************** add default HISADDR # DNS configured manually # enable dns