Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-25 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Thursday 25 October 2007 00:11:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oct 24 12:33:35 nightmare ppp[859]: tun0: Debug: deflink: PPPoE:ed1: Cannot determine bandwidth I presume this is a result of the lost LQR packets. No, bandwidth isn't known to ppp. You can ignore this warning. There is no

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-24 Thread freebsd
To answer my own question: I had the mux type set wrong -- VC-based instead of LLC-based. While the line comes up, the session is never opened because of the mux mismatch. moving right along now... Gary The freebsd box is connected directly via ed1 to the dsl modem; a crossover cable is

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-24 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:04:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a zyxel 642r modem; I can't try my other modem, a cisco 678, because it doesn't support a vci 63. Oh cisco :) Be thankful to cisco for not creating other proprietary protocols to replace the existing ATM/DSL combination :)

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-24 Thread freebsd
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: You said you had wrong encapsulation type. Did you make any progress? Yes. Changing the encapsulation type brought the line up, and things hobbled along... However, the line is dropped after a few minutes, apparently a result of not being able to determine line

user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-23 Thread freebsd
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

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-23 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 05:31:45 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-23 Thread RW
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:50:15 -0600 Gary Aitken [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-23 Thread freebsd
Hi Nikos, Thank you and rw for your replies. The freebsd box is connected directly via ed1 to the dsl modem; a crossover cable is used; the packets are clearly reaching the modem, as it records them as received. I've simplified ppp.conf to the following, essentially the ppp.conf.sample:

user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-22 Thread Gary Aitken
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

user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-22 Thread freebsd
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