Subject: Re: PPPOE Problem
To: Chuck Zmudzinski <frchuck@netscape.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/12/2005 00:45:48
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:25:49PM -0500, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
> I am having trouble connecting to my DSL provider using NetBSD's PPPOE=20
> (version 2.0.2).
>=20
> I set up the link following the instructions in the man pages for=20
> setting up DSL via pppOE, without setting the default route for the=20
> reasons that will be clear below.
>=20
> Output of 'pppoectl -d pppoe0 shows I am authenticated:
>=20
> pppoe0: state =3D session
>        Session ID: 0x336
>        PADI retries: 0
>        PADR retries: 0
>=20
> Output of ifconfig pppoe0 shows I have ip addresses assigned:
>=20
> pppoe0: flags=3D8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1492
>        inet 70.21.110.65 -> 10.1.17.1 netmask 0xffffffff
>        inet6 fe80::212:17ff:fe51:80b%pppoe0 ->  prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
>=20
> Output of ping -c 3 10.1.17.1 shows I can ping the peer's end of the link:
>=20
> PING 10.1.17.1 (10.1.17.1): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 10.1.17.1: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D254 time=3D25.055 ms
> 64 bytes from 10.1.17.1: icmp_seq=3D1 ttl=3D254 time=3D25.707 ms
> 64 bytes from 10.1.17.1: icmp_seq=3D2 ttl=3D254 time=3D25.516 ms
>=20
> ----10.1.17.1 PING Statistics----
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev =3D 25.055/25.426/25.707/0.335 ms
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> So far, everything looks fine, but . . .
>=20
> Output of ping -c 3 70.21.110.65 shows I cannot ping the local end of=20
> the link:
>=20
> PING 70.21.110.65 (70.21.110.65): 56 data bytes
>=20
> ----70.21.110.65 PING Statistics----
> 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> PING 70.21.110.65 (70.21.110.65): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: No route to host
> ping: sendto: No route to host
> ping: sendto: No route to host
>=20
> ----70.21.110.65 PING Statistics----
> 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
>=20
> Why can I ping the peer ip address but not the local ip address?
>=20
> Also, when I set the default route to be 10.1.17.1 (the peer), I am not=
=20
> able to ping either the the peer or the local address, and ping gives no=
=20
> output at all, not even the 'ping: sendto: No route to host' message.
>=20
> So I cannot connect to the internet at all using pppoe on NetBSD.

What does your routing table look like?

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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