> > > pass all flags S/SA
> > > pass in on pppoe0 inet proto tcp from <src> to <dst> port = 5555 flags 
> > > S/SA synproxy state
> > > 

Originally you posted pass in quick. Keep the quick in there, not for
any reason other than I have a quick in my rules. Same with the NIC, I
don't have any logical hopes for you.

> > > This is the only rule. Otherwise it's just 'pass all'. If I remove this
> > > rule too *or* change synproxy to keep, the connection is working.
> > >  
> > 
> > I remember being puzzled by that myself. I thought I had got it working
> > but I'm struggling to be sure now whether I got it working or switched
> > synproxy off on that machine, sorry.
> >    
> > > I can reproduce this on two different machines, with different ISPs and
> > > different NICs facing the ISPs using pppoe.  
> > 
> > Is it possible or have you tried the NIC that it works on in pppoe mode.  
> 
> I could try it, but the two machines have two different types of NICs
> (re and em) using pppoe. It would be a really weird bug in both re and
> em if these drivers were to act up with pppoe and not with eg. vge
> (which is the other card in one of the machines with which I'll try this
> variation tomorrow).



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