[arch-general] PPPoE broken on upload

[Daniel Petre]

On 25/04/14 15:25, Wayne S wrote:
> At 4/22/2014 06:31 AM, Lone Wolf wrote:
>> On 22-04-14 02:49, Wayne S wrote:
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>>> Recent updates have caused problems with my PPPoE FIOS link. The upload speed has been reduced to near zero.
>>>
>>> I "was" using arch linux box as a firewall router. I have a verizon fios connection that still uses the old pppoe. Recently the pppoe connection upload bandwidth went down to < 50kbps (normally it is >25Mbps), however the download bandwidth is still around 58Mbps.
>>>
>>> There was a recent thread about recompiling PPP to 2.4.6, however, whatever this change did in recent updates, has broken my router PPP connection upload speed.
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>> What was the previous version of ppp that did work ?
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> The previous pppd that worked was probably 2.4.5, but I have not kept accurate records of when the problem started. Or it may have been 2.4.6 and just the recent update broke ppp.
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> It is not hardware related as I tested on two systems with different ethernet nics.
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> I was curious about the thread back in Feburary relating to PPP
> https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2014-February/035128.html
> and if those changes from testing in february have now broken ppp in recent releases?
>
>>> During boot pppd 2.4.6 is started and the message RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.8d compiled against pppd 2.4.6. I see no errors.
>> latest rp-ppoe version in repos is 3.11.5 , have you tried with that version ?
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> I have the latest rp-pppoe 3.11.5 and it makes no difference other than it says "3.8p compiled against pppd 2.4.6" during boot.
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>> Was the new arch based fw router a fresh install, or an existing system ?
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> Firewall was existing system, which had been running fine since august 2013. Only a recent update broke pppoe.
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> I have now switched the router to ubuntu server 14.04 and am back to 60Mbps download and 30Mbps upload speed. The previous upload was so slow just simple browsing would hang.
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> Wayne
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Hello,
with 3.14.1 i get like 1 Mbit/s upload, with linux-lts (3.0.37) i have 
it as usual at ~ 90 Mbit/s ..