UPDATE: On further investigation I /do/ see some pppd output in /var/log/messages. (It wasn't there last night, I swear!
) A successful ip{up,down} is logged as:
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28759]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: PPP session is 8726
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: Using interface ppp0
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: PAP authentication succeeded
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: peer from calling number AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA authorized
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: local IP address 555.555.555.555
Mar 24 21:50:35 hostname pppd[28761]: remote IP address 555.555.555.555
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Terminating on signal 15
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Connect time 1.7 minutes.
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Sent 0 bytes, received 1008 bytes.
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Modem hangup
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Connection terminated.
Mar 24 21:52:16 hostname pppd[28761]: Exit.
Two different unsuccessful if{up,down} pairs are below. This doesn't mean too much to me, other than /something/ (my modem?) is either denying me access or refusing to talk to me. Does anyone know what might be causing the access denied or PADO timeouts?
Mar 26 17:18:25 hostname pppd[31305]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Mar 26 17:18:25 hostname pppd[31307]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Mar 26 17:18:25 hostname pppd[31307]: PPP session is 8766
Mar 26 17:18:25 hostname pppd[31307]: Using interface ppp0
Mar 26 17:18:25 hostname pppd[31307]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1
Mar 26 17:18:26 hostname pppd[31307]: Remote message: permission denied
Mar 26 17:18:26 hostname pppd[31307]: Connection terminated.
Mar 26 17:19:05 hostname pppd[10378]: Terminating on signal 15
Mar 26 17:19:05 hostname pppd[10378]: Exit.
Mar 26 17:19:08 hostname pppd[10495]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Mar 26 17:19:08 hostname pppd[10499]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Mar 26 17:19:43 hostname pppd[10499]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Mar 26 17:20:48 hostname pppd[10499]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Mar 26 17:20:50 hostname pppd[10499]: Terminating on signal 15
Mar 26 17:20:50 hostname pppd[10499]: Exit.