[05:37] hi [08:06] morning boys and girls. [13:35] Question, has anyone here used the BT OpenReach fiber modems connected directly to a PC? [13:35] I am wanting to bypass my router to diagnose a fault [13:38] they run PPPoE don't they - never dealt with them [13:43] penguin42: yea they do [14:28] install a PPPoE client on the PC and that should then work [14:46] * penguin42 assumes NM can do that [14:54] Azelphur: I've done it with pfsense [15:01] MartijnVdS / diddledan having some luck, I have installed pppd, copied the pppd config from my router to the PC, dialed and got a ppp0 interface with the right IP address [15:01] buuuut, no internet connectivity. Ideas? [15:01] do you have a default route assigned by pppd? (route -n) [15:03] diddledan, route -n reports a single row with iface ppp0 [15:03] ok it's not put-in your ISP's gateway then I guess [15:03] although it has a gateway of 0.0.0.0, that doesn't sound right [15:03] hehe [15:03] well hmm, how does one fix that? [15:04] your ppp config needs the flag "defaultroute" [15:06] diddledan, thanks, you're awesome :) [15:06] now I can see if my SSH issues persist with no router involved \o/ [15:06] \o/ [15:07] I been debugging this ssh issue for MONTHS, I shit you not [15:08] been right down the rabbit hole, basically, after a while, all my ssh sessions (inc rsync and stuff) die after a while, according to some digging I did with an openssh developer, my packets are being modified somewhere, and the server is receiving a corrupt packet, and thus terminating the connection [15:08] hence removing the router from the equasion [15:09] odd [15:09] very very odd [15:10] did he say what was being altered about your packets or leave that as an exercise for you to discern? [15:10] see TCP can fragment packets for example but that shouldn't break anything [15:11] it sounds intermittent and so it's gonna be a pain to decide whether you have truly eliminated something from the equation [15:12] diddledan, left it for me, although I do have the SSH loks [15:12] logs* [15:12] diddledan, well, I've never had a rsync work for more than 20 minutes [15:12] Azelphur: Have you tried adding a ServerAliveInterval to your ssh config? [15:12] so basically, if my connection doesn't drop within the hour, it's the router. [15:13] yes [15:13] hmm [15:13] and ClientAliveInterval, both at various values, and I've tried rsyncd (works fine) [15:13] and I've tried different client and server hardware and OSes [15:14] it might be your ISP [15:15] and you've already thought of your router. what else hasn't been eliminated....? I can't think of anything else [15:15] maybe your NIC [15:15] can't be NIC - tried different hardware [15:15] (on both ends) [15:15] kk [15:15] yea, really eliminates it to router or ISP [15:16] or potentially the last mile [15:16] something wonky with your line [15:18] indeed [15:18] I'm hoping it's the router [15:18] or possibly a dodgy switch [15:18] if you can get a duplicate openreach modem thingy you can eliminate that as well [15:19] I haven't looked to see how expensive they are though [16:13] o0 [16:13] i've got one of the openreach VDSL transceivers with modified firmware, don't use it but played around a bit - was £8 off ebay a bit ago :D [16:15] what's modified about it? [16:15] rooted I guess [16:16] the alternative firmware gives you better stats, also lets the thing use one of its' two ports for NAT so you can have it act as a wired only router instead of just a dumb modem [16:16] it's the Huawei original vs. the BT branded and simplified, i think [16:17] Azelphur: very anecdotal but i had an issue a while back where my connection would drop a couple of packets for *anything* for a couple of seconds every half hour or hour, or similar - i could spot it easiest with an internet radio stream + a tonne of pings running from my file server [16:18] interestingly dropping the term 'packet loss' had me transferred off 1st line telco support to someone else, so eventually traced it to a faulty line card in the exchange [16:28] i had pings running to google, the first hop in the data centre of my ISP that replied and the router - it showed the first two dropping a couple of packets but the last being fine [21:47] hi [22:01] anyone about? [22:04] Science has gone too far! https://i.imgur.com/w8hNyPx.jpg [22:35] m0nkey_: :> === Guest86980 is now known as pavlushka