New install disconnects every 10-15mins

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[sjp770]

Hey all,

I have just installed EFW 2.4.1 on a HP Microserver with a realtek pcie gig nic.

When I setup the connection with a bridge modem connected to the red (realtek) it connects and then works fine for 10-15mins. It then drops the connection. I couldn't see any real reason why, so I changed the RED interface to ethernet static and connected to modem to the adsl provider (bigpond, AU). This got the connection working fine again - for 15 mins. Before rebooting the Efw I connected to the modem and it was still connected and I could browse the net fine, but not through Efw. Here are the system logs, any ideas why it is behaving so weird?

[fqureshi]

Strange:-(

Check the ping response to the modem from efw console that whether it drops connectivity to the modem...we will go from there.... put the continous ping and when it stops browsing check that if u r still getting th response...


Also disable outgoing firewall under efw...

[sjp770]

looks like it disconnects after 10-mins of downloading larger files.

When I had it connected via ethernet it dropped out after 10mins but when I connected directly to the modem it was still running. After a reboot of the firewall it came back up.

I changed it back to bridged and left it on that for ages. I did some light browsing and it was up for about 3-4hrs.  I started to download a 450mb file and within 5 mins it dropped out.
I cant see anything in the logs, seriously thinking about flicking over to ipcop or smoothwall. Is endian better than those?

[fqureshi]

Do this,

Go into firewall menu and on the left click on outgoing traffic. Check is outgoing firewall is enabled. Disable and and do the same that is try to download the 450 mb file...

[sjp770]

Sorry, I forgot to mention- I turned that off when you told me to earlier.

[sjp770]

also worth noting is that the link has been up all night. The modem I am using has various bridge methods / modes. Is there one that works best? (i.e. Pure Bridge VC Mux, Pure Bridge LLC, others with 1462 RFC ?? I think that was the number)

[fqureshi]

I worked with pure bridge llc and it is the simplest...

Where is natting happening in your scenario? Or no natting?

[fqureshi]

Have u enabled intrusion detection or it is disabled?

[sjp770]

Intrusion detection was off. I went with "PPPoE with Pass-through" and the net was up for 3 hours before it dropped out. I did manage to download a 500mb ISO from microsoft during that period. After it was down I connected to the modem again and it still was connected and had been for 4 hrs.

Code:

Sep 5 17:22:16 pppd[9262] Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Sep 5 17:22:16 pppd[9262] RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.4
Sep 5 17:22:16 pppd[9262] pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Sep 5 17:22:51 pppd[9262] Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Sep 5 17:22:51 pppd[9262] Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
Sep 5 17:22:51 pppd[9262] Exit.
Sep 5 17:23:23 pppd[9549] Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Sep 5 17:23:23 pppd[9549] RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.4
Sep 5 17:23:23 pppd[9549] pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.4
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] PPP session is 3270
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] Using interface ppp0
Sep 5 17:28:06 pppd[5546] Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] CHAP authentication succeeded
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] CHAP authentication succeeded
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] peer from calling number 00:90:1A:42:9C:XX authorized
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] local IP address 120.146..X
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] remote IP address 172.18..X
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] primary DNS address 61.9.195.193
Sep 5 17:28:07 pppd[5546] secondary DNS address 61.9.133.193
Sep 5 17:28:34 pppd[5553] Terminating on signal 15
Sep 5 17:28:34 pppd[5553] Connect time 0.5 minutes.
Sep 5 17:28:34 pppd[5553] Sent 3766 bytes, received 2786 bytes.
Sep 5 17:28:34 pppd[5553] Connection terminated.
Sep 5 17:28:35 pppd[5553] Exit.

[fqureshi]

Is there somewhere in endian idle timeout set for pppoe???

[sjp770]

Not that I can see. Besides: the connection is already up on the modem.