Zyxel Prestige 2802HWL-I, they work correctly when they bring up the connection themselves.
Swisscom apparently migrated their central PPPoE server last night, although their support were seemingly not informed of the fact, other people running the modems in bridge mode are also experiencing problems with connectivity. I myself have very little info to go on, I'm 2000 km away and have no further access to the modems or firewalls. I suspect something with LCP ECHO or LQR, as I was bitten by this once after another provider migrated the authenticating PPPoE server some years back I do have a bit of log sent to me by the admin on site, starting pppoe with the debug flag: Jul 14 10:22:23 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp close(initial) Jul 14 10:22:23 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp open(initial) Jul 14 10:22:24 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp initial->starting Jul 14 10:22:24 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase establish Jul 14 10:22:25 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:22:28 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:22:28 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:22:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:22:34 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:22:43 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:22:44 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:22:57 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp close(initial) Jul 14 10:22:58 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp open(initial) Jul 14 10:22:58 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp initial->starting Jul 14 10:22:59 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase establish Jul 14 10:22:59 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:23:02 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:23:03 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:23:07 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:23:08 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:23:18 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:23:18 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:23:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:23:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:24:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:24:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:25:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:25:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=1, session=0x0 output -> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, len=18 Jul 14 10:25:33 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8863) state=2, session=0x0 output -> 00:90:1a:42:06:fe, len=38 Jul 14 10:25:34 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: session 0x1e1b connected Jul 14 10:25:34 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp up(starting) Jul 14 10:25:35 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp starting->req-sent Jul 14 10:25:36 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp output <conf-req id=0x1 len=10 05-06-2d-21-06-a6> Jul 14 10:25:36 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8864) state=3, session=0x1e1b output -> 00:90:1a:42:06:fe, len=18 Jul 14 10:25:37 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp input(req-sent): <conf-req id=0x71 len=19 01-04-05-d4-03-05-c2-23-05-05-06-04-49-20-cd-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00> Jul 14 10:25:37 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp parse opts: mru auth-proto magic Jul 14 10:25:38 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp parse opt values: mru 1492 auth-proto magic 0x44920cd send conf-ack Jul 14 10:25:38 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp output <conf-ack id=0x71 len=19 01-04-05-d4-03-05-c2-23-05-05-06-04-49-20-cd> Jul 14 10:25:38 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8864) state=3, session=0x1e1b output -> 00:90:1a:42:06:fe, len=27 Jul 14 10:25:39 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp req-sent->ack-sent Jul 14 10:25:39 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp input(ack-sent): <conf-ack id=0x1 len=10 05-06-2d-21-06-a6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00> Jul 14 10:25:40 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp ack-sent->opened Jul 14 10:25:40 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp tlu Jul 14 10:25:40 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase authenticate Jul 14 10:25:41 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: chap input <challenge id=0xea len=39 name=ipc-lsp690-r-br-03 value-size=16 value= 7c-9a-c9-d5-36-a7-48-19-7d-e9-36-58-1f-73-a1-88> Jul 14 10:25:41 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: chap output <response id=0xea len=21 10-3f-f4-5d-ef-bb-1f-45-49-07-3d-80-4f-3b-11-45-06> Jul 14 10:25:42 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8864) state=3, session=0x1e1b output -> 00:90:1a:42:06:fe, len=29 Jul 14 10:25:42 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: chap success Jul 14 10:25:43 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase network Jul 14 10:25:43 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: ipcp open(initial) Jul 14 10:25:43 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: ipcp initial->starting Jul 14 10:25:44 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: ipcp_open(): no IP interface Jul 14 10:25:44 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp close(opened) Jul 14 10:25:45 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp opened->closing Jul 14 10:25:45 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp output <term-req id=0x2 len=4> Jul 14 10:25:45 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0 (8864) state=3, session=0x1e1b output -> 00:90:1a:42:06:fe, len=12 Jul 14 10:25:46 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase terminate Jul 14 10:25:46 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp input(closing): <term-ack id=0x2 len=4 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00> Jul 14 10:25:47 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp closing->closed Jul 14 10:25:47 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: phase dead Jul 14 10:25:48 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: timeout Jul 14 10:25:48 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: disconnecting Jul 14 10:25:48 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp down(closed) Jul 14 10:25:49 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: lcp closed->initial Jul 14 10:25:49 fw-crissier-slave /bsd: pppoe0: Down event (carrier loss), taking interface down. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Henry Sieff<henry.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:37 AM, michael > hamerski<lists.at.blurb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have several systems (4.2) running over bridged modems which can no >> longer connect to the service provider's PPPOE servers since last >> night. > > What kind of dsl modems?