Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:42:29 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD PPPoE Broken ? (was Re: tracking down strange MTU issues with PPPoE) Message-ID: <20020619224229.55be2f1d.brian@Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020619153843.04ac1868@marble.sentex.ca> 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> <5.1.0.14.0.20020619153843.04ac1868@marble.sentex.ca>
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Can you send me a log of the connection with
set log +lcp ipcp phase tun command ccp
Cheers.
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:51:48 -0400, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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