Greetings. I'm trying to setup my astaro v5 box to connect over my qwest dsl using PPPoA. The DSL modem I'm using is a Cisco 678 setup in transparent bridging mode. I know all my settings are correct for my PPPoA connection but it's not working. Below is my PPPoA log from astaro:

2004:06:25-18:25:10 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] removing UNIX domain socket /var/run/pptp/10.0.0.1 <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:10 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] verifying running processes <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:11 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] pppd: : call dsl ipparam eth1#dsl failed
2004:06:25-18:25:11 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] pptp: call manager or gre-gateway failed
2004:06:25-18:25:11 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] one or more processes missing <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:11 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] shutting down pptp connection <eth1#dsl> 10.0.0.1
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] removing UNIX domain socket /var/run/pptp/10.0.0.1 <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] encountered 4 errors so far <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] connection terminated after 16 sec <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] connection terminated prematurely <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] restarting connection in 30 sec <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:25:17 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] 4/3 critical error threshold <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] initiating PPTP connection <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] waiting 10 sec for ip-up script <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: pppd 2.4.2 started by (unknown), uid 0
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: using channel 5
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Using interface ppp0
2004:06:25-18:26:08 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp0
2004:06:25-18:26:09 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1460> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x62ebb96c> <pcomp> <accomp>]
2004:06:25-18:26:12 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1460> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x62ebb96c> <pcomp> <accomp>]
2004:06:25-18:26:15 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1460> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x62ebb96c> <pcomp> <accomp>]
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] looking for IP info in /var/run/pptp/eth1#dsl <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] /var/run/pptp/eth1#dsl not found, check ip-up script <eth1#dsl>
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppoa-sh: pptpc[704] shutting down pptp connection <eth1#dsl> 10.0.0.1
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1460> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x62ebb96c> <pcomp> <accomp>]
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Terminating on signal 15.
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"]
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Child process /usr/sbin/pptp-current 10.0.0.1 --nolaunchpppd (pid 1527) terminated with signal 15
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Modem hangup
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Connection terminated.
2004:06:25-18:26:18 (none) pppd-pppoa[1526]: Exit.

any ideas?

just an update...while looking at the link lights on the modem i noticed there is no traffic at all between the astaro box and the modem while it's supposedly trying to connect. Infact the log continues giving the same messages if the modem's connected or disconnected from the astaro box. I did try to manually ping the modem's ip address 10.0.0.1 which worked so I know the link from eth1 to the modem is good.

anyone???

do you see dropped GRE (IP 47) packets in the packet filter logs?

Greetings
cyclops

Actually I gave up and decited to try PPPoE...and that's working fine now. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

hi there all,

thanks for the information.
We found an issue which prevents certain PPPoA connection to work correctly.

we are working on a fix.

I possible workaround could be (no PPPoA in germany [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) to add the following packetfilter rule.

SRC: external interface
SRV: GRE
DST: Any
Action: Allow

i hope that helps.

Regards
Gert

Please have a look in the packet filter, if port 1723 is dropped. If xo, please try to enable the pptp service on your ASL. This will set the packet filters, according to your PPPOA connection.
/bagira