Ubuntu
rp-pppoe package

  1. Bug #34277
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 34277

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Mark Derricutt (mark-talios) wrote :

/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider contains:

noipdefault
defaultroute
replacedefaultroute
hide-password
#lcp-echo-interval 30
#lcp-echo-failure 4
noauth
persist
#mtu 1492
usepeerdns
plugin rp-pppoe.so eth0
user "<email address hidden>"

I left the 3 comments there, I notice the mtu line is commented out, pppoeconf had prompted me if I wanted to limit this to 1492 which I said yes to. Manually uncommenting this line doesn't seem to help, nor does setting the value to 1412 which pppoeconf suggested doing if problems persisted.

Additionally, I just noticed the following line in /var/log/messages which I'd not seen before under breezy, I get a feeling this might be the root cause:

Mar 18 15:01:36 spawn kernel: [4788284.016000] eth0: Setting half-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 0021.

The ISP in question is Woosh Wireless ( http://www.woosh.co.nz ) who unfortunately DO NOT support Linux or Macintosh users - and for the most part don't even seem to want to support PPPoE on Windows.

The modem is an IPWireless "Wireless Broadband Modem" of the "Phase 1(d)" model, the windows driver software (which connects via USB rather than PPPoE) says this modem has an IMEI number of 35269700001310 and firmware version 5.2.1.16a with an Rcv window size of 100000, and an MTU size of "automatic".