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17.1 Legacy Series / Setting speed and duplex for PPPoE
« on: June 25, 2017, 05:46:00 pm »
In the OPNsense box I have an Intel quad gigabit NIC, one of which is connected to an old (don't know year or model details) Cisco PPPoE router.
Apparently, this Cisco router has only 100 MBit/s ports that also expects the other side to be limited to 100 MBit/s --autonegotiate does not seem to work reliably.
In my case, when I connect with Intel quad gigabit NIC, Cisco router's port gets overloaded and shuts that port down. The only way to get it back up is by resetting the router.
Since it is ISP's equipment, I am not allowed to do the resetting by myself (I am not even allowed to enter the room where the router is). And, that means I have to call for service so that someone comes and does the resetting.
Having had to to do this a couple of times has earned me a lot of frowning looks from both the service people and from others that use the same router.
So.. A long story short:
Is there a way to setting (and limiting) the speed and duplex for the physical NIC port that uses PPPoE.
PS: There's such an option for 'Dynamic IP' option; I am asking how I could to the same for PPPoE.
Apparently, this Cisco router has only 100 MBit/s ports that also expects the other side to be limited to 100 MBit/s --autonegotiate does not seem to work reliably.
In my case, when I connect with Intel quad gigabit NIC, Cisco router's port gets overloaded and shuts that port down. The only way to get it back up is by resetting the router.
Since it is ISP's equipment, I am not allowed to do the resetting by myself (I am not even allowed to enter the room where the router is). And, that means I have to call for service so that someone comes and does the resetting.
Having had to to do this a couple of times has earned me a lot of frowning looks from both the service people and from others that use the same router.
So.. A long story short:
Is there a way to setting (and limiting) the speed and duplex for the physical NIC port that uses PPPoE.
PS: There's such an option for 'Dynamic IP' option; I am asking how I could to the same for PPPoE.