[OpenIndiana-discuss] REALTEK network card and pppoe config

[Mountpeaks]

On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:11:15 -0400
James Carlson <carlsonj at workingcode.com> wrote:

> Mountpeaks wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 04:22:04 -0400 (EDT)
> > mountpeaks at lavabit.com wrote:
> > Hello everyone, 
> > I'm back with my pppoe trouble on REALTEK.
> > I've made some logging but can't understand what is going wrong. The pppoe connection seems to be up, but I still do not have internet access.
> > I've pasted my logs here -> http://pastie.org/3757084
> > download link ->  http://pastie.org/pastes/3757084/download
> 
> The command output appears to be inconsistent with itself -- as if the
> commands were run at widely varying times with different system
> configurations.  But I can make a guess at the problem.
> 
> Your problem appears to be with routing, not with PPP.
> 
> You have two default routes.  That's perfectly legal, but almost
> certainly not what you want.
> 
> One default route (to 178.121.0.1) is installed by pppd, and points over
> the newly-constructed PPP interface.  The other default route (to
> 192.168.1.1) was installed by DHCP, and points over the rge0 interface.
> 
> Unless both of those routes describe equivalent ways to reach the global
> Internet, and can be used interchangeably, you probably don't want to
> have both.
> 
> At a guess, you've got an RFC 1918 (private) network configured directly
> on rge0.  That's perfectly fine, but the status and configuration of
> that network is unclear.
> 
> If the system located at 192.168.1.1 is unable to able to reach the
> global Internet, then you do NOT want to have a default route pointing
> to that address.  It will act as a black hole for packets, causing a
> loss of connectivity.
> 
> If, on the other hand, 192.168.1.1 is a default router (i.e., it's able
> to reach the global Internet), then you really don't need the PPPoE
> connection at all, and it's unclear what you're trying to do.
> 
> So what is 192.168.1.1?  If it's a NAT that has a PPPoE connection to
> your Internet service provider, then you might not need to attempt to
> configure PPPoE on this system.  Just use the existing DHCP
> configuration on rge0, and be happy.
> 
> If it's something else, then you'll either need to disable DHCP on rge0
> so that you don't get this bogus bit of configuration, or at least
> disable the DHCP default route mechanism.
> 
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> James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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(ok, you are right James, I probed that data at different times)
To connect, I use DSL modem, that is connected to my laptop with cable. On any linux distro I use "pppoe-setup" to configure my connection and it always works. I never use GNOME/KDE network managers.
Here is a new log file from OpenIndiana. First, I checked my connection with my cable plugged in and modem turned on. Then I ran /usr/bin/pppoe call myisp, and checked everything again.
Please see this log here: http://pastie.org/3758068

My second OS is archlinux, and as said, I use pppoe-start to connect. Here are my logs from arch right after I connected.
See: http://pastie.org/3758076

I can't see the problem, as I severy lack knowledge on network interfaces and how they are up on this level. I'm sorry. I hope my logs help. Maybe its OpenIndiana's network manager that somehow interferes with pppoe?
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Mountpeaks <mountpeaks at lavabit.com>