Using an ADSL router as modem only.

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I’m trying to get my HG533 router working in bridge mode as a modem only. It is able to get an ADSL session up.

I set up the MikroTik more or less as described here:

http://robert.penz.name/484/howto-use-a-mikrotik-as-router-for-a-pppoa-dsl-internet-connection/

Except I did not do the full reset at the start. I just set up a ppp profile, then ppp client as described. I also tried a PPPoE client, with the first ethernet port as the target. I am actually not sure if I should be using a ppp client, a PPPTP client or a PPPoE client.

PPPoE client logs:

11:20:07 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: initializing…
11:20:07 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: connecting…
11:20:17 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: terminating… - disconnected
11:20:17 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: disconnected

ppp client logs:

11:08:38 pptp,ppp,info ppptpDslInternet: connecting…
11:08:38 pptp,ppp,info ppptpDslInternet: terminating… - connection refused
11:08:38 pptp,ppp,info ppptpDslInternet: disconnected

Any pointers to how I can figure out why this doesn’t work?

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I am actually not sure if I should be using a ppp client, a PPPTP client or a PPPoE client.

The example you linked says the Mikrotik would talk PPTP to the modem.

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What are the specs of your DSL connection?

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Use PPPoE

There are some modems that require PPTP but those aren’t the norm, and if yours is such a modem, it will tell you that you need to do a PPPoA connection… PPtP just happens to work with it. “Connection refused” means the device isn’t doing PPtP…

Are you sure that your username and password are correct?