Gargoyle Forum

Strange issue on Netgear WNDR8300 Gargoyle 1.6.2 (was also happening on 1.5.9). The router is bridged to a ADSL modem (tried two different modems same issue).

When I connect a VPN (any provider openvpn) via their VPN tool or the openvpn client on a device the PPPoE connection disonnects and reconnects when the VPN is put under heavy load. It always happens within 6-15 minutes.

Heavy load without/outside a VPN causes no issues.

If I setup my modem as a router and remove gargoyle router this issue does not occur.

NOTE I am not connecting a VPN in gargoyle only on the client windows machines.

This is the message gargoyle give me when the issue happens:

Apr 18 13:26:30 Router daemon.info pppd[2787]: No response to 3 echo-requests
Apr 18 13:26:30 Router daemon.notice pppd[2787]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Apr 18 13:26:30 Router daemon.info pppd[2787]: Connect time 14.4 minutes.

If I set the failed pings before reconnect in gargoyle to a high number like 20 this is the error instead:

Apr 18 13:35:18 Router daemon.info pppd[19705]: LCP terminated by peer
Apr 18 13:35:18 Router daemon.info pppd[19705]: Connect time 6.0 minutes.

About 30 seconds after the disconnect the PPPoE is back up.

Would love your help in solving this issue.

Another interesting point is it only happens when I put a VPN under load if I throttle downloads to half the total bandwidth PPPoE stays connected. The PPPoE also drops if I use a PPTP VPN under load.

Hey guys anyone have any idea or test I can try? Thanks.

WDR3600 - 1.6.2 had issues with OpenVPN. If enabled, download speed drop to 40-50Mbps...

Same if I use PPPT though. Also I am talking the PPPoE drops if I download thru VPN more than 1MB/sec. The fastest I can go is about 1.8MB/sec. If I throttle the downloads inside the vpn to say 800KB/sec it stays connected. Will 1.7.1 fix this or...?

Any ideas :/

Bump... Still same issue.