pppoe

Formula to install and configure pppoe server and client.

Note

See the full Salt Formulas installation and usage instructions.

Available states

• pppoe
• pppoe.reconnect

pppoe

Installs and configures pppoe server and/or client

pppoe.reconnect

Installs a cronjob to reconnect at the given time or at 05:00 as default. See pppoe/pillar.example.

Example

1. Create pillar: see ddns-client/pillar.example for more details.
2. Run state.highstate
3. Start pppoe server

ifconfig eth1 up && pppoe-server -I eth1

4. Run client

pon connection1

Notes

• Pppoe interfaces must be up and unconfigured.

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual

• Server must be started manually or e.g. via /etc/rc.local

pppoe-server -I eth1

• Clients can be started manually or via /etc/network/interfaces (see https://wiki.debian.org/PPPoE).

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up    /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
provider dsl-provider

• More advanced network config using vlan:

auto eth2

iface eth2 inet manual
  pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth2 up
  post-down /sbin/ifconfig eth2 down
  post-up /sbin/ifup vlan6
  pre-down /sbin/ifdown vlan6

# vlan6
# VDSL VLAN 6
#

iface vlan6 inet manual
  vlan-raw-device eth2
  post-up /sbin/ifconfig vlan6 up
  pre-down /sbin/ifconfig vlan6 down
  post-up /sbin/ifup wan
  pre-down /sbin/ifdown wan

# wan
# PPPoe MyProvider
#

iface wan inet ppp
  provider myprovider

• To get the connection details try this:

tdbdump /var/run/pppd2.tdb