Re: 2.6.0-testX and pppd/pppoe stuck after connecting

[Måns Rullgård]

Jan Ploski <jpljpl@xxxxxx> writes:

> Ever since I upgraded from 2.4.18 to 2.6.0-test? (now -test8),
> I have been encountering problems with my pppd/pppoe setup.
> Specifically, right after the ppp0 interface is brought up, and several
> packets go through that interface (4-5 packets RX/TX), no more packets
> are transmitted until I restart pppd and reconnect to my ISP.
> ping www.google.com will report 100% packet loss, and I cannot see the
> TX packet count on ppp0 increasing. Nothing suspicious appears in ppp.log.
> More often than not, I have to reconnect multiple times until at last
> a working connection is established.
>
> I may have not included all required information, but I don't know what
> might be useful in diagnosing this problem (this knowledge would possibly
> let me correct it without posting). I believe it is kernel-related because
> with 2.4.x everything works fine in the same circumstances. The software
> versions are: pppd version 2.4.1, pppoe version 3.3 (from roaringpenguin.com)

FWIW, I'm sending this mail using pppd 2.4.1 and Roaring Penguin pppoe
3.5 on Linux 2.6.0-test8.  Occasionally, maybe one out of 10 times or
less, the connect times out, but I've attributed that to my ISP.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxx

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/