Rp-pppoe 3.10-2 problem.

Question

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.

Answer 1

@ 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)