Anybody using mpd5 with Softlayer?

[Mikhail T.]

Could you share your config, please (without the auth, obviously)? Whatever I try, I remain stuck with the L1 showing device pptp "DOWN"...

The log says:

Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: process 25375 started, version 5.8 (mi@dufus 13:53  3-Nov-2017)
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: CONSOLE: listening on 127.0.0.1 5005
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: web: listening on 0.0.0.0 5006
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: [B1] Bundle: Interface ng0 created
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: [L1] Link: OPEN event
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: Open event
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: state change Initial --> Starting
Nov  3 16:40:33 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: LayerStart
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1] PPTP call successful
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1] Link: UP event
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: Up event
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #1
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:34 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #2
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:36 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #3
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:38 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #4
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:40 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #5
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:42 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendConfigReq #6
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACFCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   PROTOCOMP
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   MRU 1500
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   MAGICNUM 0x234ff4a3
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1]   AUTHPROTO CHAP MSOFTv2
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] PPTP call terminated
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] Link: DOWN event
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: Close event
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: state change Req-Sent --> Closing
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: SendTerminateReq #7
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: Down event
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: LayerFinish
Nov  3 16:40:44 dufus mpd: [L1] LCP: state change Closing --> Initial

And stays there...

[Eugene Grosbein]

Your problem is that your system does not get any PPP replies from PPtP server. This generally means that your internet provider (ISP) does not pass GRE protocol through or that's your firewall that drops GRE packets. If that's your ISP guilty, that's nothing can be done at your side apart from switching to another tunneling protocol not using GRE like L2TP.

[Mikhail T.]

Thanks, Eugene! I'll be discussing this with our network admin. Meanwhile, do you think, the daemon could've provided some more explicit diagnostics? Like "haven't received GRE response from peer within %d"?

[Mikhail T.]

Yep, I tried the same config from my home computer and connected promptly. It still does not work from my office machine -- the network admin confirmed, that GRE is blocked and will be making the necessary changes soon (hopefully).