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• Arkwright, Finally! community.sonicwall. is back online. Phew. An update: Equipment: Sonicwall TZ-200 SonicOS Enhanced 5.6.0.10-52o Zyxel C3000Z modem. Not really my equipment but all this involves a DSL connection to Centurylink. Backstory: My client's Centurylink modem died so I bought a newer Centurylink modem,…

  in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA July 8
• ARKWRIGHT, "had to configure your laptop NIC with a VLAN before the PPPoE login worked from there, you would have mentioned it" Right. VLAN never came up when I connected via PPPoE from my laptop. SonicOS Enhanced 5.8.1.12-65o firmware "Drop code 128 = The PPPOE module dropped the packet because it was non-IP" Thank You…

  in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA July 1
• Well, another day another adventure. :-( I finally figured out how to capture the PPPoE packets between our SW and Centurylink and found Dropped packets about every 5 seconds. When I checked the details on those packets it was always: ——- The Packet: Time > - 07:03.7 Ingress > - X1*(i) Egress > - -- Source IP > - --…

  in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA June 29
• Well, another day another adventure. :-( I setup a PPPoE connection on my laptop, plugged into the Ethernet cable that bridges the modem to the firewall, 'dialed' the PPPoE and the laptop connected instantly. So, no problem with the PPPoE creds and no problem with the MAC address CL has cashed on their servers. Plugged…

  in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA June 28
• I headed out to try it today. I'll set my laptop up as the PPPoE client and Wireshark its attempt to connect / authenticate. I have high hopes. I'll keep you posted. Thanks

  in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA June 27
• in PPPoE on TZ 200 Comment by ChjrisA June 26