[SOLVED] PPPOE peculiar situation

childallways · 12-15-2010, 03:01 PM

slackware 13.1 fully installed .
2 network cards .
pppoe connection .

pppoe-setup(scripts setup/start/stop/....all ok) configured the main files .
BUT when i run "pppoe-start" and get connected to my provider i can't ping outside, i can't ping the network interfaces, i can't ping even the loopback interface .

i can't ping. Everything gets halted . if i shut down each interface and then enable each one , everything is still halted.
a reboot does the trick.

does anyone have any idea what is happening ? some help ?

i am new to pppoe, though i used to configure pppd for dialup ~10years ago . it seems/i think pppoe uses pppd and i suppose its configuration variables changed a lot since then .

acummings · 12-16-2010, 10:23 PM

Code:

root@ep45:/home/al# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     202    0        0 eth0
loopback        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    202    0        0 eth0
root@ep45:/home/al#

I've DSL internet (default gateway of 192.168.1.254)

I've never PPPOE but I have PPPD and ppp0 is that what interface it (dialup) was, ppp0

I *do* remember that the route changed drastically when pppd came on and brought up the ppp0 interface and then the route would revert back upon ppp-off (or disconnect from dialup ISP)

So, if you feel inclined, you might do a before and after route command and post command output here so the gurus can chuckle about how far off of track I was while they steer you a bit closer to where you need to go <grin>.

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Alan.

Intel_ · 12-17-2010, 01:10 PM

I had the same problem, reinstalled rp-pppoe and pppoe and no problem since then.

childallways · 12-25-2010, 07:36 AM

i have an idea about the weird thing that is happening and i am going to solve it.

Intel_ · 12-25-2010, 01:56 PM

Say how later if it works