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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"