Hi, I have been testing PPPoE as follows. The PPPoE server runs on a wireless interface along with a hotspot. Users can login either with hotspot or PPPoE if they have a router.
The problem in my testing has been the PPPoE sessions just aren’t reliable enough for to go commercial on. For some reason after half hour or an hour maybe it will just freeze up. If you log out and in again it will work for a few mins but gets worse and each time you log out and in it will recover but for less time.
Sometimes the PPPoE session will terminate on the server side with the error “terminating sessions: interface state changed” (what does this mean??) when it happens the client side does not disconnect but goes stale?
I’m sure I have tried every combination of settings possible and nothing helps.
Hmm, thats a shame. Kinda answers my question though.
How is everyone running large networks easily? I have a few hundred users now and we need some way to auth? Just planning a big expansion and no way can we have custom settings on any site now. It all has to be radius driven and so that any off the shelf router will login automatically and so any engineer can setup? Hotspot not really suitable for home/business users.
Is there any way to make PPPoE work right on wireless?
1- Make your network routed
2- Bridge the Client to the PPPoE Concentrator (EoIPs, VPLS)
3- Configure EoIP/VPLS interfaces with PPPoE Service servers in the PPPoE Concentrator.
4- Fix your links to not drop every 30 secs
That’s my configuration, working with around 1000 users.
Thanks, do you believe it to be the EoIPs, VPLS interfaces to the client that really help the PPPoE to work more effectively? Will have to try. Thanks again.