BT Infinity - PPPoE or PPPoA

Hi All
Is it possible to change my Infinity connection to PPPoA?
The reason I ask is I have a Vodafone Sure Signal and it will not work with a PPPoE connection. Vodafone recommend asking BT to change my connection to PPPoA. I would not have thought this was possible, can anyone confirm this?
Cheers Richard

Are you using the BT Infinity Hub ? Can you choose between PPPoE & PPPoA in its setup ?
If you can, you could just try it and see - BTs network used to work with either, but your problem is whether or not the router (the Infinity Hub) will happily talk PPPoA to the modem, rather than what happens on the network side of the modem.

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Cisco 886VA - Multiple PPPoE Line Load Balancing

Dear Cisco Community,
due to the need of increased bandwidth a customer ordered three ADSL6000/576Kbit lines from the same ISP. Dial-in is done with PPPoE and the IP is not static.
- Is it possible to load balance between the three ISP lines with this router as the Cisco 886VA-K9 (Advanced IP Services) doesnt support PFR/OER I want to load balance per session, meaning each TCP session takes the same path, the next TCP session takes second path, next TCP session takes third path, then first path again and so on.
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vlan 1
name #LAN#
vlan 2
name #WAN-Uplink1#
vlan 3
name #WAN-Uplink2#
interface FastEthernet0
description #LAN#
switchport access vlan 1
interface FastEthernet2
description #WAN-Uplink1#
switchport access vlan 2
no ip address
pppoe enable
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 20
interface FastEthernet3
description #WAN-Uplink2#
switchport access vlan 3
no ip address
pppoe enable
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 30
interface ATM0
description #WAN-Uplink3#
no ip address
logging event atm pvc state
logging event atm pvc autoppp
logging event subif-link-status
no atm ilmi-keepalive
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
dsl enable-training-log delay 0
dsl bitswap both
interface ATM0.1 point-to-point
bandwidth 550
bandwidth receive 6000
pvc pvc 1/32
pppoe enable
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 10
vbr-nrt 500 500 1
service-policy out WAN-Control1-Parent
interface Vlan1
description #LAN#
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
interface Dialer1
description #WAN-Dialer1#
bandwidth 550
bandwidth receive 6000
ip address negotiated
ip mtu 1492
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation ppp
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
dialer pool 20
dialer idle-timeout 0
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname XXX
ppp chap password XXX
ppp pap sent-username XXX
ppp ipcp dns request accept
ppp ipcp route default
ppp ipcp address accept
no cdp enable
service-policy output WAN-Control2-Parent
interface Dialer2
description #WAN-Dialer2#
bandwidth 550
bandwidth receive 6000
ip address negotiated
ip mtu 1492
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation ppp
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
dialer pool 30
dialer idle-timeout 0
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname XXX
ppp chap password XXX
ppp pap sent-username XXXX
ppp ipcp dns request accept
ppp ipcp route default
ppp ipcp address accept
no cdp enable
service-policy output WAN-Control3-Parent
interface Dialer3
description #WAN-Dialer3-ATM#
bandwidth 550
bandwidth receive 6000
ip address negotiated
ip mtu 1492
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation ppp
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
dialer pool 10
dialer idle-timeout 0
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ppp chap hostname XXX
ppp chap password 7 XXX
ppp pap sent-username xxx
ppp ipcp dns request accept
ppp ipcp route default
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route-map ISP2 permit 10
match ip address 100
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I managed to fulfill my requirement..
If its a cluster on same machine or across machines, this should work
1. Login to machine, cd $DOMAIN_HOME
2. mkdir -p Apex_lsn_config/AdminServer Apex_lsn_config/<MS1> Apex_lsn_config/<MS2> # MS1 and MS2 are the Managed Server names as appropriate
#If you are planning for cluster spawning MS's across machines, make sure you create the dir's on step 2 for each machine respectively. (in my case $DOMAIN_HOME is not shared)
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4. cd $DOMAIN_HOME/bin; cp -p SetDomainEnv.sh SetDomainEnv.sh.orig #Backup the file
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Hint: Search for "iterativeDev" and append the same line with -Djava.jo.tmpdir
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<context-param>
<param-name>config.dir</param-name>
<param-value>${java.io.tmpdir}</param-value>
</context-param>
7. Bounce Weblogic Admin and Manged Servers. Make sure to tail the Managed Server log to see apex-config.xml is picked from the new location.
8. Brew a Coffee for yourself :)
- You find the instructions on creating a cluster from weblogic documentation, the steps mentioned above are only to overcome the bdb locking issue whilst creating a cluster.
Did it help?
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Dynamic bandwidth selection for PPPoE over Ethernet/VLAN

Hello all, hope you are doing great.
I'm planning to deploy PPPoE Server (Cisco Router 7609) for a ISP. This ISP will provide Internet connection for customer over Ethernet.
I have to provide a solution to assign bandwidth to each customer by RADIUS and I find some clues that Dynamic Bandwidth Selection (DBS) should be the answer. Unfortunately, DBS only support PPPoA or PPPoE over ATM.
If you have any experience with equivalent function, please help me. Thank you very much.
Regards,
Hiep Nguyen.

Hiep,
I think I have figured this out. Here is the test config on my PPPoE server:
int lo1
ip address 172.25.25.25 255.255.255.255
ip radius source-interface Loopback1
aaa new-model
radius-server host 172.16.1.55 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key cisco$$$
aaa group server radius RADIUS-ACT
server 172.16.1.55 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813
aaa authentication login default group RADIUS-ACT local
aaa authorization exec default group RADIUS-ACT local
aaa accounting exec default start-stop group RADIUS-ACT
aaa accounting delay-start
aaa authentication ppp default if-needed group RADIUS-ACT local
aaa authorization network default group RADIUS-ACT local
aaa accounting network default start-stop group RADIUS-ACT
aaa accounting update periodic 5
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virtual-template 1
interface fa0/1
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no shut
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class class-default
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Service-Type = Framed
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cisco-avpair="ip:sub-policy-In=POLICE-128K"
cisco-avpair+="ip:sub-policy-Out=POLICE-512K"
Here is the show policy-map on the virtual-access interface the client connected on:
sho policy-map int virtual-a 3
Virtual-Access3
Service-policy input: POLICE-128K
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      Match: any
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          cir 128000 bps, bc 4000 bytes
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Service-policy output: POLICE-512K
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      911 packets, 1137746 bytes
      5 minute offered rate 0 bps, drop rate 0 bps
      Match: any
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          cir 512000 bps, bc 16000 bytes
        conformed 799 packets, 1136178 bytes; actions:
          transmit
        exceeded 0 packets, 0 bytes; actions:
          drop
        conformed 0 bps, exceed 0 bps
I was able to generate enough traffic with ping to meet the exceed action in and have it drop packets.

WRVS4400N v2.0 with latest firmare (2.0.2.1) PPPoE connection fails to connect

I couldn’t connect to my ISP with PPPoE, below is the log of connection attempts. Is there any solution of this problem?
Here is a portion of log during connection attemts
All Log
Type:
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:05:00 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:05:00 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1c:48:5b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1c:47:df (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1c:47:dc (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:05:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:95 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000 0x42618
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Couldn't get channel number: Transport endpoint is not connected
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Doing disconnect
Jan 1 03:05:00 - Exit.
Jan 1 03:05:20 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:05:20 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:05:20 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:05:20 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:05:20 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:05:40 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:05:40 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:05:40 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:05:40 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:05:40 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:06:00 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:06:00 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:06:00 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:06:00 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:06:00 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:06:20 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:06:20 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:06:20 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:06:20 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:06:20 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:06:22 - Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000 0x42618
Jan 1 03:06:22 - Couldn't get channel number: Transport endpoint is not connected
Jan 1 03:06:22 - Doing disconnect
Jan 1 03:06:22 - Exit.
Jan 1 03:06:40 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:06:40 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:06:40 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:06:40 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:06:40 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:06:42 - Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000 0x42618
Jan 1 03:06:42 - Couldn't get channel number: Transport endpoint is not connected
Jan 1 03:06:42 - Doing disconnect
Jan 1 03:06:42 - Exit.
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Plugin pppoe loaded.
Jan 1 03:07:00 - PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Plugin pppoe called.
Jan 1 03:07:00 - pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Sending PADI
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:95 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1a:29:9b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:00 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:95 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1a:29:9b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1a:29:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1c:48:3b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000 0x42618
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Couldn't get channel number: Transport endpoint is not connected
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Doing disconnect
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Exit.
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1a:29:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1c:48:3b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000 0x42618
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Couldn't get channel number: Transport endpoint is not connected
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:95 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Doing disconnect
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:98 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Exit.
Jan 1 03:07:01 - HOST_UNIQ successful match
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:1a:29:9b (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da
Jan 1 03:07:01 - Unexpected packet: Ether addr: 00:30:88:16:de:95 (PPPOE Discovery) PPPoE hdr: ver=0x1 type=0x1 code=0x07 sid=0x0000 length=0x001b (PADO) PPPoE tag: type=0103 length=0004 (Host Uniq) data (bin): 18 26 04 00 PPPoE tag: type=0102 length=000b (AC Name) da

Hello,
Sometimes modems refuse the connection to routers. If they will connect to another device, such as a PC, then you can clone the MAC of that PC to the router to trick the modem into 'thinking' that the PC is connecting. This is usually done on a DHCP connection, although I have seen it work with PPPoE as well.
You should never see any issue with the PC and router having the same MAC because they are on completely different networks. The router is on the ISP network (WAN) and the PC is on the LAN network of the router. We use this trick all the time when we can't get a modem to play nice with a router. If there was danger of conflict the functionality would not be in every consumer and SMB router available. (That I am aware of) I will not guarantee that it will work but it is certainly worth a try.
I have seen cases where a certain brand/model of modem will not under any circumstances work with the router. In that case you can either replace the modem or replace the router.
- Marty

Connecting a modem, problem solving PPPOA

Hi everyone,
I've purchased the Airport Extreme (dual) and I've also got a new Broadband Package on the way due to my last ISP being a failure!
The ISP is PPPOA, as was my last one, and as far as I can see the Airport Extreme has no support for this. Only PPPOE.
I also have a Netgear DG834G, which I was planning to use as a modem, but since the airport can't support PPPOA, that's out of the window, right?
1. Will using the Airport as a bridge and connecting to it cause any problems (speed decreases etc) with the internet?
2. Is is best if I purchase a Vigor 120 which will provide a PPPOA to PPPOE bridge, therefore solving the problem? Or is this not needed and will provide no advantage?
Any ideas welcome, got a few days to get it solved!
Thanks,
Ste.

The ISP is PPPOA, as was my last one, and as far as I can see the Airport Extreme has no support for this. Only PPPOE.
That is correct. The AirPorts do not support PPPoA to provide user credentials to the ISP. You would require another device: modem, another router, or your computer that support PPPoA to provide these.
I also have a Netgear DG834G, which I was planning to use as a modem, but since the airport can't support PPPOA, that's out of the window, right?
Not necessarily. You could connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) directly to one of the Netgear's LAN ports with the AEBS configured as a bridge. This would allow the Netgear to provide both NAT & DHCP services for the entire network.
1. Will using the Airport as a bridge and connecting to it cause any problems (speed decreases etc) with the internet?
No, as a bridge, the AEBS would become a "passive" device.

Switching to DSL: will RP-PPPoE be needed?

Here's the situation: very soon, I will be switching from my current sucko 128 Kbps service (which plummets to 0 Kbps all too often) to Verizon DSL. I've been reading around in the wiki, and it seems that Verizon is currently using PPPoE for most DSL connections. However, I also read that, if you are not hooked up directly to the "modem" (e.g. connected via a router), you may be able to use DHCP.
I'll be connected to the "modem" via a Belkin SOHO router. Will I have to use DHCP or PPPoE?

Gullible Jones
Will I have to use DHCP or PPPoE
At the moment im using an all in one Netgear Firewall ADSL router/modem but ive recently tested a Belkin soho router to the ADSL router/modem and this works fine.
To try and separate the router from the modem detail ...
From what i see in my own setup, once Linux has picked up on the network card/ethernet adapter, say on eth0, then you can reach the router setup page, usually on something like 192.168.0.1, or belkin use 192.168.2.1, via your usual web browser.
This is where you enter all the things like your ISP login and pass, your WAN address, protocol (PPPoE or PPPoA) and encapsulation. Usually all provided by the ISP for you to enter in the router setup pages.
This, for me, PPPoA and VCMUX, is specified by the ISP as the protocol/encapsulation they use.
Verizon may or may not not use PPPoE in Your area. Details may be sent with your Signup info or on the signup pages.
The Belkin router handbook altho targetted at Win or Mac seems simple enough to follow. The one i tried has a built in DHCP server and this assigns addresses to each computer connected to it.
hth
Kern

Rp-pppoe 3.10-2 problem.

hi folks
after the recent upgrade to rp-pppoe, a few issues have cropped up.
firstly, i have the following entries in my crontab:
56 07 * * * /usr/sbin/pppoe-stop
57 07 * * * /usr/sbin/pppoe-start
pppoe-stop works fine, but after 1 minute, pppoe-start fails to connect, and i get
Timeout waiting for PADS packets
if i manually use pppoe-start, it connects fine.
secondly, i see these in my log (only started showing after the upgrade)
pppd[2756]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
pppd[2756]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
though it doesn't seem to affect the connection.
one thing i noted is that previously, on pppoe-stop, there was this entry in the log
pppoe[1937]: Sent PADT
but since the upgrade, PADT isn't being sent anymore. could it be the reason for the reconnect failure?
could someone please help me out.

@ ise,
just tried that and it worked. now it is exhibiting the older behaviour (which is good).
here's a comparison of the logs:
with rp-pppoe 3.10-1
pppd[1915]:pppd[1915]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
pppd[1915]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[1915]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
pppoe[1918]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
pppoe[1918]: PPP session is 15471 (0x3c6f)
pppd[1915]: CHAP authenication succeeded: CHAP authentication success, unit 399
pppd[1915]: CHAP authentication succeeded
kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
pppd[1915]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
pppd[1915]: local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
pppd[1915]: remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
with rp-pppoe 3.10-2 with LINUX_PLUGIN=/usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so set:
kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 24
pppd[1916]: Plugin /usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so loaded.pppd[1916]: RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.10 compiled against pppd 2.4.4
kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
pppd[1916]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
pppd[1916]: PPP session is 4386 (0x1122)
pppd[1916]: Connected to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via interface eth0
pppd[1916]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[1916]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0
pppd[1916]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
pppd[1916]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
pppd[1916]: CHAP authentication succeeded: CHAP authentication success, unit 137
pppd[1916]: CHAP authentication succeeded
pppd[1916]: peer from calling number xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx authorized
pppd[1916]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
pppd[1916]: local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
pppd[1916]: remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
and finally with LINUX_PLUGIN=/usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so not set:
pppd[2251]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
pppd[2251]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[2251]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
pppoe[2252]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
pppoe[2252]: PPP session is 17062 (0x42a6)
pppd[2251]: CHAP authentication succeeded: CHAP authentication success, unit 421
pppd[2251]: CHAP authentication succeeded
pppd[2251]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
pppd[2251]: local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
pppd[2251]: remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Last edited by x33a (2010-01-19 00:50:27)

AP express PPPoE problem

Hi,
I have problems connecting my APe to the internet with PPPoE.
Normaly my APe is configured as a wireless client of my
existing network only used for airtunes.
Now I want to use the APe at another place as DSL-router. So
I´ve setup a new profile using following config:
Wireless Mode: Create a Wireless Network (Home Router)
Internet Connect using: PPPoE
Network: Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT)
Connection to the new wireless network an the APe works
fine: I get an IP from the APe and can ping the APe
If I connect the APe to my DSL-Modem (ethernet modem, not
usb), the light gets green but I´m not connected to the
internet.
I´ve validated the PPPoE login with another router.
I´ve reset the modem and APe several times.
I´ve reset the APe th factory defaults and create an new
config.
I´ve setup a syslog-daemon and set syslogging to debug on
the APe, but only got following messages:
ppp: Connecting via ethernet (user "MYUSERNAME" service "").
ppp: Connecting via ethernet (user "MYUSERNAME" service "").
ppp: Connecting via ethernet (user "MYUSERNAME" service "").
Firmware: Apple Base Station V6.3
Does anyone have a tip to solve this problem?
Thanks
carsten
Windows XP Pro

I don't know that much about Windows. I will only setup a shared folder for my clients who have a Windows laptop from work to share docs with their Mac at home. What I have found to work is to setup the Base Station to connect to the ISP (if they use PPPoE) via PPPoE (Point To Point Protocol over Ethernet) and then set the computer so that it will not attempt to connect to the base station via PPPoE. In the Mac operating System there is a check box that says "connect via PPPoE". I uncheck that box. If that box in OSX is checked it will continue to try to make the connection to the ISP and always fail. Their must be some kind of conflict. There may be a different way of doing it but I am not aware of it. I am sticking to what works and the above works without any problems. As I said I am not that familiar with Windows at this point so I don't know what choices are available when setting up the computer. With Boot Camp coming out I may have to delve a little deeper into it as I am sure that I will have clients asking me to setup a partition on their drive in order to run Windows. My question is are you using PPP on a dialup? If you are on dialup then that is a different story. If you mentioned a dialup connection on your post, then I missed that and I apologize.
Rog

Conflicting PPPOE Status Info [this is a long message]

Odd set of conflicts among 3 sources at the very same instant:
1. pull-down Finder menu for PPPOE reports "PPPOE: Idle" on the first line;
2. Internet Connect panel with Airport selected shows "Connected via PPPOE for 00:38:51" at the bottom left; and
3.a. Network Preferences for "Show: Airport">PPPOE shows "Connect using PPPOE" UNchecked, AND
3.b. Network Preferences for "Show: Airport">TCP/IP shows "Configure IPv4:">Using DHCP.
When I check the box ON for "Connect using PPPOE" the menubar icon for Airport drops the time connected and the Internet Connect panel shows "Looking for PPPOE host..." and an Internet Connect message tells me that the Airport Base Station needs to be set to Bridge if I want to connect using PPPOE. And then iChat informs me that I'm offline, Airport Administration Utility shows no base station within range, Airport Setup Utility says my Airport Card is either missing or needs to be configured, Mail receives but cannot send mail, Safari works fine, MT-NewsWatcher can't find the news server to get an updated list of Usenet groups.
I turn OFF "Connect Using PPPOE" and then the time duration returns to the menubar next to the Airport icon, and the Mail message which could not be sent produces the whoosh sound from Mail indicating it's been sent on its way. I'm sure I've overlooked some of the symptoms.
I have re-installed Airport and iTunes software from the CD, and I've even installed OS X on the second internal hard drive and turned it into the startup disk (always after running Software Update to increment successive updates until I'm told I'm up to date). I've even taken the Lucent card from a cannibalized graphite Airport base station to replace the G4's internal card (with the tail for the antenna sticking out of the side panel, which cannot be closed). In all cases, I have success for a while. And then within a few hours everything goes haywire again. All this happened BEFORE I decided to buy the PowerLogix processor upgrade card, thinking that lack of power was the problem. After the processor upgrade, the Airport dilemma remained.
So...finally...my question is, "What's going on here?"
PowerPC G4 (Digital Audio) Mac OS X (10.4.6) PowerLogix Dual 1.7 GB CPU, Original Airport Card, 1.5 GB RAM

DonaldT, Welcome to the discussion area!
Can't believe how much useful info is here. I started using Macs in 1985 and somehow overlooked these discussions all this time. Thanks for the welcome!
If your ISP requires PPPoE, then PPPoE should be
enabled on the AirPort Express but should be disabled
on all of your computers.
Oh. To read this e-mail, I had to launch Network Preferences and had to turn "Connect Using PPPoE" off. I'm assuming that this turns off PPPoE on my computer and Airport Express stays the way it is. Whew, am I relieved. This also restores my faith in the Mac--it's the outside world that's screwy.
Okay, cross my fingers and hope that my connection doesn't get lost again....
Thank you, Duane! I like how your brief message took care of my essay of a question!
...Don
PowerPC G4 (Digital Audio) Mac OS X (10.4.6) PowerLogix Dual 1.7 GB CPU, Original Airport Card, 1.5 GB RAM

Rp-pppoe problem (probability of the dialing's failure)

network environment: adsl
i use rp-pppoe to dial. sometimes the 'pppoe-start' was 'TimeOut'. In the process of 'pppoe-start', there was any signal of dialing on my modem(the 'data indicator light' of the modem is always off).
And i have to reboot my computer and try 'pppoe-start' again, there's a chance that 'connected'.
error.log:
pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
message.log:
pppd[2558]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
pppd: Using interface ppp0
pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
pppd: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
pppd: Connection terminated.
pppd: Modem hangup
pppd: Exit.
pppoe-connect: PPPoE connection lost; attempting re-connection.
any sugesstion, please?

x33a wrote:
could be a line problem, modem problem or server side problem.
log into your modem, and post your line stats (snr, attenuation, etc.)
but i had tried to dial in my XP os , there was not any problem. So i believe the line and the modem are ok. and thanks for your reply

Strange PPPOE internet behavior

I recently set up a 2611 router to initiate my PPPOE connection to ATT
DSL. I was able to get the PPPOE to connect and everything seemed to
be working how ever after a few days I started to notice that certain
websites were not coming up. My setup consistes of a 2611 router that
is connecting to the internet, internally this router connects to a
2621 router on a 10.1.2.X network which is also acting as a router on
a stick for vlans that i have setup on a 2924 switch in a 192.168.X.X
network. The problem did not seem to be VLAN specific as at least one
PC on each VLAN could get to the sites that were having issues. The
sites that I noticed that were having issues were Windows Update
(would display a "no network connection" error after searching for
updates), Craigs list ( would go to a page can not be displayed when
trying to post adds) Yahoo groups ( could sign on to groups but once
signed on all links would go to a page can not be displayed error)
Credit card sites ( could sign in but all links once signed in would
go to page can not be displayed). I tried troubleshooting this on the
Windows end first by engaging Microsoft support, but we were able to
determine that there was an issue with the network as once I replaced
the 2611 with the linksys that I was using previously everything
worked. Before taking the 2611 down I was able to do a packet sniff
with Ethereal of a succesfull and failed windows update, the only
glaring issue that i saw was that on the failed windows update I was
getting alot of check sum errors which after researching looked like
they were coming from the Gig NIC. Below is the config that I was
using on the 2611, any insite or thoughts on this strange issue would
be appriciated.
2611 Config
=========================
Using 3078 out of 29688 bytes
version 12.3
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
hostname crossbonesEdge
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
no aaa new-model
ip subnet-zero
no ip source-route
no ip domain lookup
no ip bootp server
ip cef
vpdn enable
vpdn-group 1
request-dialin
protocol pppoe
interface Ethernet0/0
description Connection to Internet
no ip address
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
full-duplex
pppoe enable
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
interface Ethernet0/1
description Connection to Crossbones
ip address 10.1.2.253 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
ip nat inside
full-duplex
interface Dialer1
ip address negotiated
ip mtu 1492
ip nat outside
encapsulation ppp
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
no cdp enable
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname [email protected]
ppp chap password 7 XXXXXXXXXX
ppp pap sent-username [email protected] password 7 XXXXXXXXX
router eigrp 100
network 10.1.2.0 0.0.0.255
auto-summary
ip nat inside source list 1 interface Dialer1 overload
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.7.10 1495 interface Dialer1
1495
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.7.15 3389 interface Dialer1
3389
no ip http server
ip classless
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer1
logging 192.168.7.16
access-list 1 permit 10.1.2.0 0.0.0.255
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
no cdp run
snmp-server community public RO
line con 0
exec-timeout 15 0
password XXXXXXXXXXXX
logging synchronous
login
length 22
history size 30
line aux 0
exec-timeout 5 0
login
length 22
transport output none
line vty 0 4
exec-timeout 20 30
password XXXXXXXXXXXX
login
length 22
history size 30
end

hi, on eth 0/1
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
or
ip adjust-mss 1452
if you cannot enter any of the two option, upgrade ios.

RVS 4000-V2: PPPoE failed - "unrecognized option '1492'

I've got a brand new RVS 4000-V2 router (firmware: Release 2.0.0.3)
Can't get a connection to my ISP using "Internet Connection Type" PPPoE.   The connection works fine with any other router.
MTU size is set to "auto".
Logfile says:
Plugin pppoe loaded
PPPoE Plugin Initialized
Plugin pppoe called.
unrecognized option '1492'
I use the standard Web-administration client.
Any ideas?

Thanks
for the reply.
In the meanwhile I've tried it with another DSL-Modem - same effect: No connect to the Internet-Provided
,    "unregognized option '1492'" in den Log-File.
I have no problems with the Internet Connection using a differend router from another brand with both of the modems (Siemens Plus or D-Link DSL 321B).
I have attached a screenshot of the WAN settings as requested.   I tried both the auto and the manual mode. No success.
If you give me directions how to trace the WAN Port with your router, I would do so.
Best regards
helmut

PIX 501 PPPoE problems.

I have a Zoom adsl modem setup to accept PPPoE connections. We have verified this with two other, non-cisco devices, and it works.
I have configured the outside interface to connect via PPPoE to the router from within the PDM.
I have set this up with the known correct username and password, and with PAP authentication.
I have captured a debug with the following commands "debug pppoe packet", "debug pppoe error" and "debug pppoe event" and have attached it as file pppoedebug.txt.
"show ip address outside pppoe" gives:
PPPoE session has not been established yet.
I have also attached a running config of the PIX.
If anyone could take a quick look and see if my PIX config appears fine i'd much appreciate it.
I am very new to working with PIX, i'm used to working with IOS.
Thanks for your help.
David

I've upgraded to version 6.3(5) as opposed to 6.3(3) but i still get the same error. You say there might be a bug in 6.3 so me going to 6.3(5) wouldnt have made a difference anyways?
Due to the PIX 501 having Total Memory (16mb) and flash (8mb) I cant upgrade to 7.x. And i really wouldnt want to downgrade to 6.2, but i guess that's worth a try, to see if it really is an firmware fault.
Is there anything else you fine people could suggest?
Thanks for your help.
David.

PPPoE not working

I use 2514 router connected to ZTE ADSL modem. Do I need somehow to "push" router to dial, how it must to start connecting ? Maybe there is something wrong with configuration:
version 12.3
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
hostname Router
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
no aaa new-model
ip subnet-zero
vpdn enable
vpdn ip udp ignore checksum
vpdn-group 1
request-dialin
protocol pppoe
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
pppoe enable
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
interface Ethernet1
no ip address
shutdown
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
no fair-queue
interface Serial1
no ip address
shutdown
interface Dialer1
mtu 1492
ip address negotiated
ip nat outside
encapsulation ppp
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap callin
ppp chap hostname xxxx
ppp chap password 0 xxxx
ppp pap sent-username xxxx password 0 xxxx
ip http server
ip classless
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
end
P.S. maybe anybody knows step by step link on internet, or can provide it here for correct full PPPoE configuration.
Thanks

Check here for many PPPoE examples.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk175/tk819/tech_configuration_examples_list.html
Hope this helps.

BT Infinity - PPPoE or PPPoA

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