OPNsense 26.1.11_10-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p16
OpenSSL 3.0.21
I've had this happen twice now. Once a few weeks back i couldnt access the internet, I tried manually rebooting Opnsense a few times, reconnecting cables and nothing. I checked opnsense, retyped in my pppoe user/pass and hit save and that seemed to work.
I tried updating to 26.7 this morning and the same thing happened (updated didnt even complete). The logs around the time of the update, and around the time of the user/pass re-entered:
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="254"] [wan_link0] Link: OPEN event
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="255"] [wan_link0] LCP: Open event
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="256"] [wan_link0] LCP: state change Initial --> Starting
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="257"] [wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="258"] [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="259"] <118>[49] Configuring WAN interface...
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:08:52-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="260"] <6>[50] ng0: changing name to 'pppoe0'
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:08:53-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="261"] <6>[51] re0: link state changed to DOWN
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:01-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="262"] [wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:01-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="263"] [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:01-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="264"] [wan_link0] LCP: Down event
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:01-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="265"] [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 4 seconds
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:05-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="266"] [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
<29>1 2026-08-01T03:09:05-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain ppp 13935 - [meta sequenceId="267"] [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
<12>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain opnsense 908 - [meta sequenceId="268"] /usr/local/etc/rc.bootup: interface_ppps_configure() waiting threshold exceeded - device pppoe0 is still not up
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain opnsense 908 - [meta sequenceId="269"] /usr/local/etc/rc.bootup: Device wg0 required for opt5, configuring now
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain opnsense 908 - [meta sequenceId="270"] /usr/local/etc/rc.bootup: Device wg1 required for opt7, configuring now
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="271"] <118>[70] done.
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="272"] <118>[70] Configuring WG interface...
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="273"] <118>[70] done.
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="274"] <118>[70] Configuring WG_Untrusted interface...
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="275"] <118>[70] done.
<13>1 2026-08-01T03:09:13-04:00 OPNsense.localdomain kernel - - [meta sequenceId="276"] <118>[70] Generating /etc/resolv.conf...done.
[wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
[wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
[wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt N
[wan_link0] LCP: auth: peer wants PAP, I want nothing
[wan_link0] PAP: using authname "REDACTED"
[wan_link0] PAP: sending REQUEST #1 len: 22
[wan_link0] PAP: rec'd ACK #1 len: 13
[wan_link0] MESG: Login ok
[wan] IPCP: LayerUp
[wan] <WAN_IP> -> <GW_IP>
caught fatal signal TERM
[wan] IFACE: Close event
[wan_link0] Link: giving up after 0 reconnection attempts
process 21958 terminated
https://forum.bell.ca/t5/internet/pppoe-not-working-after-a-recent-firmware-update/td-p/109253/page/6
Seems it is Bell modem related, not opnsense