PPPoE Session Status

(2021-12-03)

Problem

What is happening with my PPPoE session?

Solution

Nothing, probably, but here are some commands that will show you things:

# show vpdn session pppoe state
# show vpdn session pppoe packets
# show vpdn tunnel pppoe summary
# show vpdn pppinterface

...none of which will help you if there's something stupid wrong like the ISP side being locked to the MAC of the firewall you are replacing.

Debugging

diagnose netlink interface list <pppoe>
diagnose debug reset
diagnose debug disable
diagnose debug app pppoed -1
diagnose debug app ppp -1
diagnose debug enable