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FreeBSD on Telstra's Bigpond ADSL NetworkFreeBSD on Telstra's Bigpond ADSL NetworkPaul HoadleyLogic SquadCopyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Paul Hoadley$Date: 2003/03/31 12:57:49 $AbstractThis document describes how to set up a FreeBSD system for connection to Telstra's Bigpond ADSL Network. The information is claimed only to be sufficient—there are bound to be other ways to do it. The information may not be applicable to ISPs other than Telstra (Australia).Table of Contents1. Pre-Connection2. Connection3. Post-ConnectionA. Contacting the AuthorB. Credits1. Pre-Connection1.1. Preliminary IssuesParts of this document assume that the reader is able to recompile a kernel. In particular, if any of the following are true, recompilation of the kernel will be required:Support for the rl Ethernet device driver has not previously been compiled into the kernel. (The GENERIC kernel does have support for this driver.)The system runs a version of FreeBSD prior to 4.2-RELEASE, in which case the modifications to the kernel source described below must be made.Recompiling a kernel is relatively straightforward, and is well described by the FreeBSD Handbook. All of the changes to configuration files described throughout should obviously be made as the root user.1.2. Arranging Connection with TelstraTelstra does not support the connection of machines running FreeBSD to the Bigpond ADSL network. In practice, this means only two things:You will need a machine that runs one of the supported Windows or Macintosh operating systems present when the installer arrives to make the connection.You will be unable to obtain help from the Bigpond telephone Helpdesk if a problem arises with your FreeBSD system. If a problem occurs and you believe it to be distal to your ADSL modem, it is often useful to have the original Windows or Macintosh system available on which you can test the connection while conversing with the Helpdesk staff.2. Connection2.1. Hardware IssuesThe hardware used was that supplied by Telstra: an SMC EZ Card 10/100 NIC, and an Alcatel SpeedTouch Home ADSL modem. Telstra has begun to push the use of USB-Ethernet adapters between the machine and the modem. Due to lack of such an adapter to test on, this document does not apply to that hardware.2.1.1. SMC EZ Card 10/100 NICThe appropriate device driver for this NIC is rl. If it is not present, adding the linedevice rl0to your kernel configuration file will be sufficient for this PCI card to be found at startup.![[Important]](http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/PPPoE-how-to.html/./images/important.png) ImportantDon't recompile the kernel yet—more changes may be made below.Add rl0 to the list of network interfaces in /etc/rc.conf:# You may have more than two interfacesnetwork_interfaces="rl0 lo0"# There is no need to supply rl0 with an IP addressifconfig_rl0="media 10baseT/UTP up"For comparison, this is the output of ifconfig rl0 on my machine:# ifconfig rl0rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::2e0:29ff:fe66:305f%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 ether 00:e0:29:66:30:5f media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP status: active2.1.2. Alcatel Speedtouch Home ADSL ModemConnecting the ADSL modem is simple, but differs from connecting a standard serial modem: This diagram shows how you would set up a FreeBSD machine to be the gateway for your own LAN. sis0 is shown as the internal interface as a demonstration only. You may have a different NIC requiring a different device driver. If you don't have a local network, only the connection to rl0 is relevant.2.2. Software Issues2.2.1. Kernel ConfigurationAccording to the FreeBSD Handbook, netgraph support no longer needs to be compiled into the kernel. If netgraph support is not found, ppp can load it into the kernel at runtime.2.2.2. Modification of ng_pppoe.cImportantThis modification needs to be made only for systems prior to FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE. The changes described were incorporated into the kernel source at FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE.2.2.2.1. BackgroundThis section can be safely skipped if you are not interested to know why the source needs to be modified.A description of the PPP over Ethernet Protocol can be found in RFC 2516. For some reason, Telstra's Access Concentrators are sensitive to the order in which the tags are placed in the initial PADI packet. A simple modification to the source to swap the order of the [Service-Name] and [Host-Uniq] tags is all that is required. If you're interested in watching the discovery process fail, and you haven't done this already, run tcpdump in another window or on another console. If you're running X Windows, fire up a spare xterm with xterm &. If you're at the console, switch between virtual terminals using Alt+F1, Alt+F2 and so on. As root, run:# tcpdump -e -i rl0 -s 1500 not ipDepending on which version of FreeBSD you are running, and which city you live in, the process will die at some point before a session is set up.2.2.2.2. Modification of ng_pppoe.cSave the appropriate diff from one of the three links below into the file /tmp/ng_pppoe.diff. Diffs from the original 3.4-R, 4.0-R and 4.1.1-R source are linked here, but Aaron Hill is willing to create diffs for any other versions that people may require. See the section on Contacting the Author below.Diff for 3.4-RELEASEDiff for 4.0-RELEASEDiff for 4.1.1-RELEASEGo to the required directory:# cd /usr/src/sys/netgraphMake a backup of the original source:# cp ng_pppoe.c ng_pppoe.c.bakApply the diff:# patch < /tmp/ng_pppoe.diff2.2.3. Recompile the kernelIf any modifications to the kernel configuration file, or to the kernel source itself, have been made as described above, the kernel should now be recompiled as described in the FreeBSD Handbook. The machine should then be rebooted.2.2.4. Modify /etc/ppp/ppp.confThe following ppp.conf is sufficient to connect to the Telstra Bigpond ADSL Network:default: set device PPPoE:rl0:bigpond set speed sync set mru 1492 set mtu 1492 set ctsrts off enable lqr add default HISADDR set timeout 0 set redial 0 0 # Network Address Translation (NAT) nat enable yes nat log yes nat same_ports yes nat unregistered_only yes enable dnsbigpond: set authname yourname@bigpond set authkey yourpassword2.2.5. Modify /etc/rc.conf/etc/rc.conf can be modified to enable automatic connection at boot-time:ppp_enable="YES"ppp_profile="bigpond"ppp_mode="ddial"2.2.6. Modify /etc/resolv.confAdd the IP addresses of the nameservers that were entered into your Windows or Mac configuration by the installation technician. For example, in Adelaide the numbers entered by my installer were:nameserver 61.9.128.13nameserver 61.9.128.16The numbers for your location may be different.3. Post-Connection3.1. Testing the connectionFor testing, use ppp's interactive mode:# pppThis should bring up the familiar interactive prompt:ppp ON yourhost>At the prompt, type dial bigpond, and ppp should connect in the standard way:ppp ON yourhost> dial bigpondPpp ON yourhost>PPp ON yourhost>PPP ON yourhost>As each successive p in ppp changes to a P, it indicates that the negotiation is progressing. Specifically, the first P indicates that LCP is complete, the second that authentication is complete, and the third than an IP number has been assigned. More information can be found in man ppp.I found initially that it may take one or two attempts to make a connection. Since modifying rc.conf, and getting ppp to run quietly at boot time, though, I haven't had this problem.Finally, try to contact a host on Telstra's network, first by number:# ping 139.134.2.129PING 139.134.2.129 (139.134.2.129): 56 data bytes64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=0 ttl=229 time=49.518 ms64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=1 ttl=229 time=49.758 ms64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=2 ttl=229 time=50.274 ms^C--- 139.134.2.129 ping statistics ---3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet lossround-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 49.518/49.850/50.274/0.315 msAnd then by name:# ping telstra.comPING telstra.com (139.134.2.129): 56 data bytes64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=0 ttl=229 time=48.037 ms64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=1 ttl=229 time=49.454 ms64 bytes from 139.134.2.129: icmp_seq=2 ttl=229 time=49.913 ms^C--- telstra.com ping statistics ---3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet lossround-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 48.037/49.135/49.913/0.798 msNote that some FAQs suggest pinging your nearest neighbour, but Telstra configures some of its hosts not to respond to ICMP requests. Pinging my nearest neighbour makes it look like there is a problem when there's not:# ifconfig tun0tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1454 inet 61.9.135.135 --> 172.31.28.3 netmask 0xff000000 # ping 172.31.28.3PING 172.31.28.3 (172.31.28.3): 56 data bytes36 bytes from GigabitEthernet4-0.wel-gw1.Perth.telstra.net(203.50.113.18): Destination Host UnreachableVr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst 4 5 00 5400 075d 0 0000 f5 01 3199 61.9.135.135 172.31.28.3 ^C--- 172.31.28.3 ping statistics ---1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet lossThis does not indicate a problem.A. Contacting the AuthorThe author of this document is Paul Hoadley. This document only describes what I did to get PPPoE functioning on my FreeBSD machine. Your mileage may vary. If you notice any errors in this document, or your experience with Telstra's ADSL network was vastly different, please let me know.I'm willing to help troubleshoot problems related to the setup described in this document. You will need, however, to send me actual verbatim copies of error messages, as well as actual copies of the files involved (with username and password information deleted). Email claiming that “My rc.conf is just like the one on your page, and it doesn't work” will no longer receive any reply.B. CreditsMany thanks to Aaron Hill for comments, and for the original modifications to the kernel source that were required prior to FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE. If you need to run an older version of FreeBSD Aaron is willing to make diffs for any other versions of ng_pppoe.c that people have floating around. Email a copy of your ng_pppoe.c, and Aaron will send back the diff.Thanks to Ryan Trainor for information regarding the USB-Ethernet adapters supplied by Telstra. _uacct = "UA-228450-1"; urchinTracker(); |
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