Re: [gentoo-user] pppoe connect problem : more

[Philip Webb]

060604 Philip Webb wrote:
> I've just spent several hours trying permutations to get ADSL to connect
> after updating to Baselayout-1.12.0 & Ppp-2.4.3 .
> I've read  /etc/conf.d/net.example  & copied what seem the needed lines :
>
>   config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" )
>   config_ppp0=( "ppp" )
>   link_ppp0="eth0"
>   plugins_ppp0=( "pppoe" )
>   username_ppp0='user@isp'
>   pppd_ppp0=( "updetach" "noauth" "defaultroute" "usepeerdns" "persist" )
>
> I've also made the symlink : 'cd /etc/init.d ; ln -s net.lo net.ppp0'.
> There are no boot error msgs, the "start eth0" line returns "ok"
> & the "start ntpd" line also says "ok", but the connection isn't made.
> The 1st "ok" comes back very quickly -- 2 - 3 seconds -- ,
> whereas a successful connection normally takes 10 seconds.
> I have no problem when I return to using Rp-pppoe-3.8
> (after changing to my old version of 'net' & removing the symlink).

I recompiled the Kernel (2.6.14) to add the  2  compression types
& still get no success connecting using PPP alone.
Syslog gives the following (omitting date + 'localhost') :

using PPP alone : fails

  16:08:32 kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: Using r5 hash to sort names
  16:08:36 kernel: skge eth0: enabling interface
  16:08:38 kernel: skge eth0: Link is up at 10 Mbps, half duplex, flow control none
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: ntpd 4.2.0a@1.1190-r Sat Feb  4 09:05:38 EST 2006 (1)
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: precision = 1.000 usec
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: Listening on interface eth0, 192.168.0.2#123
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123
  16:08:41 ntpd[4137]: kernel time sync status 0040

using Rp-pppoe : succeeds : additional lines marked :

  16:13:03 kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: Using r5 hash to sort names
  16:13:07 kernel: skge eth0: enabling interface
>>16:13:07 pppd[3932]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
>>16:13:07 pppd[3932]: Using interface ppp0
>>16:13:07 pppd[3932]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
  16:13:09 kernel: skge eth0: Link is up at 10 Mbps, half duplex, flow control none
>>16:13:12 pppoe[3933]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
>>16:13:12 pppoe[3933]: PPP session is 6907 (0x1afb)
>>16:13:16 pppd[3932]: PAP authentication succeeded
>>16:13:16 kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
>>16:13:16 pppd[3932]: local  IP address 70.49.170.21
>>16:13:16 pppd[3932]: remote IP address 64.230.197.176
>>16:13:16 pppd[4070]: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/noauth: No such file or directory
  16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: ntpd 4.2.0a@1.1190-r Sat Feb  4 09:05:38 EST 2006 (1)
  16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: precision = 1.000 usec
  16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123
  16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123
>>16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: Listening on interface ppp0, 70.49.170.21#123
  16:13:20 ntpd[4310]: kernel time sync status 0040

Before I submit a bug report, does anyone have any suggestions ?

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