PPPoE problem: "Too many LQR packets lost"

[nil000 at cse.unsw.edu.au]

niranjan at monsoonrain.net wrote:
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> 
>>Short of actually fixing this LQR negotiation issue (?), might the 
>>suggestion of a ppp.conf option to force LCP echo usage be good?
>>
> 
> 
> Yes. I am surprized it doesn't already have that option since thats
> a more common scenario. Alternately you could use another pppoe 
> implementation, perhaps the one based on pppd/netgraph. 
> 
> BTW, the lcp.c patch suggested by someone else is not the correct 
> approach.
> 
> There also seems to be a problem with the way the FreeBSD kernel PPP
> implementation handles LQR and you can see it in the log below. (The
> unisphere at the other end isn't perfect either and has its own 
> issues!)
> 
> regards,
> niranjan
> 

Thanks for your analysis Niranjan.  Could you please elaborate on what 
you meant about the lcp.c patch not being the correct approach?  I think 
Mike has tested it in multiple situations, and it has worked well for a 
guy in the same situation down here too.

cheers,

nik