PPPOE

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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I am having a hard time getting PPPOE to work. I have everything setup and a test user added, but can not make a PPPOE connection. I have followed the step by step guide in the mikrotik refrence manual. Can anyone offer me any help or suggestions. If you need to know if I completed a step or not feel free to ask. Any help would be great.


Thanks
T3C

2

Please post your configuration, and what version of MT are you using?


Regards

3

And what kind of PPPoEclient are you using?

Many standard DSL routers can only do unencrypted PPPoE sessions, so if you require encrypted PPPoE on your MikroTik, the session won’t come up.

But post your config and we’ll try to help…

Best regards,
Christian Meis

4

v2.9.11

I have it to the point where it is not accepting the UN and password. I have setup multiple test accounts and it will never except a connection. I am just using a XP laptop with a wireless card. I am using the built in version of PPPOE.

Sorry to be a noob, but what all do you need from the configuration? What is the best way to relay that info to you?

5

Are you able to connect to the MTik box wirelessly at all?

Have you enabled the PPPoE server on the Wireless Interface?

in System | Logging you can enable debug logging for PPP(oE) I think which might help

6

Here is my setup

ether1 has the IP
wlan1 is setup and bridged to ether1
PPPOE server is setup on ether1
Under secrets I have my accounts setup.
Under profiles I have a pppoe-profile setup It is set to be the default profile
I have a pool of address’s setup, And have the profile pulling address’s out of it.
I have everything enabled.


I can see the mikrotik via wireless without any problems. If I turn off the PPPOE and plug it into my network I can wirelessly pass through it and to the itnernet without any problems.

When I try a PPPOE session it continues to reject the usename and password.

7

You possibly need to put the PPPoE server and IP address onto the bridge other than that it should be ok. My only other thought is that you need to allow encryption on the MT PPP profile or in Windows let it connect without encryption (encrypted is the default).

8

How do I add the PPPOE server to the bridge? It is not showing up as an option to be added.

-T3C

9

Not sure how you are doing your IP numbers. But if you have your PPoE address pool on the same subnet as your ethernet IP, then you need to enable proxy-arp on the ethernet. This got me a few times in the beginning.

10

I just tried that. It is still denying the username and pass. There has to be something obvious I am missing. Do I need to mess with the radius server at all?

11

Also does the caller ID need to be set?

12

Nope

13

well, Im stumped…

14

If you are using radius, make sure your shared secrets are both set to the same thing. Also make sure that you are in the allowed client list on the remote radius server.

Just to isolate if its radius related, add a username into the “secrets” area(under ppp) for testing. In fact, I always add a user there just in case I lose connectivity to my radius server and need wireless access to the box.

Also, if it is a username/password error you might try looking at the log.

Eric

15

Thanks for the idea. But in this case I am not using a radius server.

Anyone have a step by step guide to a pppoe configuration?

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What are you seeing in the Routers log as you try to connect?

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Nothing at all. It is not even showing an attempt to connect in the logs.

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in that case you need to have the PPPoE server on the Wireless or Bridge interface… have you tried it on a wired interface at all?