First of all this is my first time using Opensense. I'm sure I'm not setup correctly, that said I do have internet connection and a IP from my ISP.
I have fiber internet in the Pacific NW with century link. They use PPPOE and have me on vlan tag 201.
I'm using this little bee link micro pc as my router.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K73CKNL
In my config
* Interfaces -> WAN -> PPPOE -> Modem Port: igc1,vlan01 (same as from my point to point)
* Interfaces -> Interfaces -> Assignments -> [WAN] -> pppoe1
* Interfaces -> Other Types -> VLAN (vlan01, Parent: igc1, tag: 201, PCP: Best Effort (0, default))
* Interfaces -> Point-to-Point -> Devices (pppoe1, Interface: ( igc1,vlan01 )
Link Type: PPPOE with all my ISP creds
On reboot I get a wan gateway and a public IP without issue and my internet seems to be working fine.
Hardwire I get full ~950mb up and down.
Aside from that I see these logs filling up by the second in my Point to point.
```
2024-08-20T13:01:55-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 sec
2024-08-20T13:01:46-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2024-08-20T13:01:46-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 154
2024-08-20T13:01:44-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 154 in 2 sec
2024-08-20T13:01:44-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2024-08-20T13:01:44-07:00 3 Informational ppp 11708 [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
```
I have tried all the other combinations for linking the point to point interfaces but currently this is the only way I get an IP
Though I assume I'm still doing this wrong. What am I missing?
Thanks.
I only see one instance of the link down. How frequent WRT "constant" is this?
Cheers,
Franco
it repeats this log every few seconds. Currently in a single day it says its on `attempt 6281`
I wipe the logs once a day.
How does this stay connected then?
Cheers,
Franco
Good question, I assume its logs for something other than my live connection. Maybe the way I have the topology is causing this as a result of two connection paths? IDK, thats why I'm here.
Again I get full gig ~950mbps on speed test hardwired.
Do you maybe have issues with IPv4 but use IPv6 directly over the WAN link without PPPoE?
Cheers,
Franco
PS:
> Modem Port: igc1,vlan01 (same as from my point to point)
You run MLPPP over igc1 and the VLAN on top of igc1??? I think you only need one. Maybe that's why you get a failure message for the other...
I have IPV6 disabled and only use IPV4 in PPPOE in both the wan settings and the point 2 point.
Yes I think it's your MLPPP config that you definitely do not want.
Quote from: franco on August 21, 2024, 05:45:36 PM
PS:
> Modem Port: igc1,vlan01 (same as from my point to point)
You run MLPPP over igc1 and the VLAN on top of igc1??? I think you only need one. Maybe that's why you get a failure message for the other...
So this is my thought too. but if I only set my Point to point as vlan then I don't get my IP or gateway. So far this is the only way I get the connection to stay up, but from what I read this is likely the issue
Hi,
I'm refreshing this topic to thanks franco for your suggestion and to leave more information for anyone who would have same or similar problem in future. For me removing physical interface from PPoE configuration solved most of my problems with WAN's connection stability.
I searched a lot of threads and tried a lot of options, including:
- https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=41574.0
- https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=28508.0
- tried most of tunables from https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=37006.30
and many others over Internet, but still there was same pattern:
2025-07-21T17:27:44 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:27:44 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2025-07-21T17:27:44 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:35 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2025-07-21T17:27:35 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 659
2025-07-21T17:27:34 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 659 in 1 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:34 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:27:34 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2025-07-21T17:27:34 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:25 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2025-07-21T17:27:25 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 658
2025-07-21T17:27:21 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 658 in 4 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:21 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:27:21 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2025-07-21T17:27:21 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:12 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2025-07-21T17:27:12 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 657
2025-07-21T17:27:09 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 657 in 3 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:09 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:27:09 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2025-07-21T17:27:09 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2025-07-21T17:27:00 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2025-07-21T17:27:00 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 656
2025-07-21T17:26:58 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 656 in 2 seconds
2025-07-21T17:26:58 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:26:58 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2025-07-21T17:26:58 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2025-07-21T17:26:49 Notice ppp [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2025-07-21T17:26:49 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 655
2025-07-21T17:26:48 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 655 in 1 seconds
2025-07-21T17:26:48 Notice ppp [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2025-07-21T17:26:48 Notice ppp [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
After removing interface from PPPoE in Point-to-Point section, I no longer see these information in general log. In result I have setup:
WAN -> PPPoE -> vlan01 -> physical interface (igc0).
What's funny, I ended with this setup after taking together information from older and newer topics that pointed igc0 and vlan01 should be assigned to PPPoE. I guess that 40hzshadow ended with same result.