Verifying PPPoE Sessions

Purpose

Verify that a PPPoE session is running properly on the logical interface.

Action

From the CLI, enter the show pppoe interfaces command.

pp0.0 Index 67
  State: Session up, Session ID: 31,
  Service name: video@isp1.com, Configured AC name: isp1.com,
  Session AC name: belur, AC MAC address: 00:90:1a:40:f6:4e,
  Auto-reconnect timeout: 1 seconds,
  Underlying interface: ge-0/0/1.0 Index 69

What it Means

The output shows information about the PPPoE sessions. Verify the following information:

• The PPPoE session is running on the correct logical interface.
• Under State, the session is active (up).
• Under Underlying interface, the physical interface on which the PPPoE session is running is correct:
  • For an Ethernet connection, the underlying interface is Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet—for example, ge-0/0/1.0.
  • For an ATM-over-ADSL or ATM-over-SHDSL connection, the underlying interface is ATM—for example, at-2/0/0.0.

Related Topics

For a complete description of show pppoe interfaces output, see the JUNOS Interfaces Command Reference.