I switched the ISP from 10 MBit/s cable to 200 MBit/s fiber. The modems of both ISPs can be configured to bridge mode.
I was somewhat disappointed for having to deal with the PPP dinosaur once again, I thought this was a DSL left behind from 20 years ago. And now the FreeBSD handbook lets us use an almost 30 years old PPP implementation, which pushes the CPU load up to 10 %, depending on the WAN traffic - horrific. Fortunately we got net/mpd5. With that I have it working reasonably now, and according to top(1) no significant CPU load is imposed by WAN network traffic.
My recommendation to everybody in a similar situation is now, forget ppp(8), and ignore the PPPoE chapter of the handbook.
Here is my /usr/local/etc/mpd5/mpd.conf:
Here is the iface-up script:
In the whole adjacent LAN it is good have the MTU set to 1492.
I was somewhat disappointed for having to deal with the PPP dinosaur once again, I thought this was a DSL left behind from 20 years ago. And now the FreeBSD handbook lets us use an almost 30 years old PPP implementation, which pushes the CPU load up to 10 %, depending on the WAN traffic - horrific. Fortunately we got net/mpd5. With that I have it working reasonably now, and according to top(1) no significant CPU load is imposed by WAN network traffic.
My recommendation to everybody in a similar situation is now, forget ppp(8), and ignore the PPPoE chapter of the handbook.
Here is my /usr/local/etc/mpd5/mpd.conf:
Code:
startup:
# configure mpd users
set user <ADMIN_PASSWORD> <ADMIN_USER_NAME> admin
# configure the console
set console self 127.0.0.1 5005
set console open
# configure the web server
set web self 192.168.0.1 5006
set web open
default:
load pppoe_client
pppoe_client:
#
# PPPoE client: only outgoing calls, auto reconnect,
# ipcp-negotiated address, one-sided authentication,
# default route points on ISP's end
#
create bundle static B_pppoe
set iface name ppp0
set iface description WAN
set iface up-script "/root/config/ppp-up.sh"
set iface enable tcpmssfix
set iface route default
set ipcp ranges 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
create link static L_pppoe pppoe
set link action bundle B_pppoe
set auth authname <PPPoE_USERNAME>
set auth password <PPPoE_PASSWORD>
set link max-redial 0
set link keep-alive 10 60
set pppoe iface re0
set pppoe service ""
openHere is the iface-up script:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
NEWIP=`echo $3 | cut -d/ -f1`
/root/config/dyndns-update.sh $NEWIPIn the whole adjacent LAN it is good have the MTU set to 1492.
