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I tried v18.1 of OPNSense. Same problems with PPPoE - just doesn't work. PPPoE has been around for over 20 years, no need to re-invent it.

I put pfSense on and got it working in less than 10 minutes.

Bye Bye OPNSense. You'll never see me again. Who has time for stuff that doesn't work. I fiddled with it way too much.

First time using OPNSense. I used pfSense before and have two other gateways in my home working perfectly, one Asus router and the other is a virtualized Sophos UTM.

Using OPNSense 17.7.5. I See v18 is out now, but I started some months ago and struggled with this so I shelved the project for a bit. Trying to get it going again.

PPPoE won't establish connection. I've triple checked my username & password.

I get a timeout message:

ppp:[wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds

So it seems to give up after 9 seconds.

My old Asus router gives more information when establishing a connection. It asks for PAP authentication and waits 30 seconds before giving up. This goes on a few times after which it succeeds in about 15 seconds. So my Asus seems to wait longer for PAP authentication. OPNSense gives up after 9 seconds.

How do I make OPNSense wait longer than 9 seconds for authentication? I can't see a setting for this.

Not too impressed at the moment. Don't be telling me to call my DSL provider for faster authentication. The other two gateways manage it just fine.