Pppoe freebsd handbook

Then, access the System menu from the program. The name of your profile should be listed there. It is usually ISP. The profile name service tag will be used in the PPPoE configuration entry in ppp.

It should look like this:. Do not forget to change xl1 to the proper device for your Ethernet card. Do not forget to change ISP to the profile you have just found above. Configuration is performed by editing at least one configuration file, and configuration files containing examples are provided. Finally, ppp is used to start and manage connections.

Normally, the ISP provides these addresses. The IP address of the default gateway. If this information is unknown, the ISP will automatically provide the correct value during connection setup. The subnet mask. If the ISP has not provided one, If the ISP has assigned a static IP address and hostname, it should be input into the configuration file. Otherwise, this information will be automatically provided during connection setup. Throughout this section, many of the file examples display line numbers.

These line numbers have been added to make it easier to follow the discussion and are not meant to be placed in the actual file.

When editing a configuration file, proper indentation is important. Lines that end in a : start in the first column beginning of the line while all other lines should be indented as shown using spaces or tabs.

This file is described as follows:. Identifies the default entry. Commands in this entry lines 2 through 9 are executed automatically when ppp is run. Enables verbose logging parameters for testing the connection. Once the configuration is working satisfactorily, this line should be reduced to:.

Displays the version of ppp 8 to the PPP software running on the other side of the connection. Sets the connection speed. If does not work on an older modem, try instead. The dial string written as an expect-send syntax. Refer to chat 8 for more information. Note that this command continues onto the next line for readability. Any command in ppp. Instructs the peer to confirm the DNS settings.

If the local network is running its own DNS server, this line should be commented out, by adding a at the beginning of the line, or removed. A blank line for readability. Blank lines are ignored by ppp 8. Identifies an entry called provider. Use the phone number for the ISP. Multiple phone numbers may be specified using the colon : or pipe character as a separator. To rotate through the numbers, use a colon. To always attempt to dial the first number first and only use the other numbers if the first number fails, use the pipe character.

Always enclose the entire set of phone numbers between quotation marks " to prevent dialing failures. Sets the default idle timeout in seconds for the connection. In this example, the connection will be closed automatically after seconds of inactivity. To prevent a timeout, set this value to zero. Sets the interface addresses. The values used depend upon whether a static IP address has been obtained from the ISP or if it instead negotiates a dynamic IP address during connection.

If the IP address changes whenever a connection is made, change this line to the following value. Keep this line as-is as it adds a default route to the gateway.

It is important that this line appears after line This file is required when running ppp in -auto mode. This file is used after the connection has been established. At this point, the IP address will have been assigned and it is now possible to add the routing table entries. When creating this file, make sure that provider matches the value demonstrated in line 11 of ppp.

This file is also needed when the default gateway address is "guessed" in a static IP address configuration. In this case, remove line 17 from ppp. By default, ppp must be run as root. For example, to give fred and mary permission to only the provider: entry, add this line to the provider: section:.

To give the specified users access to all entries, put that line in the default section instead. To enable these extensions with PPP version 1. This will tell the clients the primary and secondary name server addresses, and a NetBIOS nameserver host. PAP is less secure than CHAP, but security is not normally an issue here as passwords, although being sent as plain text with PAP, are being transmitted down a serial line only. There is not much room for crackers to "eavesdrop".

Insert the correct value for MyPassword. So theoritically i have to setup all in the freebsd machine. S: are there some parts of my configuration that are wrong? I was able to get routing, fw, dhcp and dns but not the ppp part. Lamia Aspiring Daemon Reaction score: Messages: I restrained myself from commenting but now I am doing.

I am not an expert so you can take my comment with a pinch of salt. I couldn't get pop working unlike many others in this forum. The only PPPoE port available is not regularly maintained. I however had luck with PfSense since that's the team's focus among other things.

No port is needed. Double check with your own provider which one you actually need. Alain De Vos said:. Oh, whoops, the handbook even has a PPPoE specific section. Setting up the vlan interface at boot-time is done via rc. You must log in or register to reply here.