Win2k3: PPoE and netsh

[Simon Bleif]

Hi,
I experience the following strange behavior:
I have a server running Windows Server 2003 and a DSL-Modem attached to a
NIC. So I created a new RRAS interface (static) using the built-in PPOE
driver and had no problems so far.
But now, when I wanted to connect/disconnect that interface using netsh
(it worked just fine when I did that by using the RRAS snap-in), I
experienced the following:


netsh
netsh>interface
netsh interface>show interface

Admin State State Type Interface Name
--------------------------------------------------------------
Enabled Connected Loopback Loopback
Enabled Connected Internal Internal
Enabled Connected Dedicated LAN
Enabled Disconnected Full Router DSL
Enabled Connected Full Router intra.net

netsh interface>set interface dsl enabled connect
An interface with this name is not registered with the router.


I thought this problem might have occured because the interface was
configured as static interface, so i switched the interface mode to
demand-dial, rebooted the server and experienced exactly the same
behavior.
I have installed all the updates, patches and fixes available from
Windows Update.

Help would be greatly appreciated.
Simon

 

[Simon Bleif]

Hi,
I recreated the interface using another name, and now it works.

Then, for testing purposes, i created another PPPoE-interface called "aaa"
(only three digits as well) and the specific error didn't occur. But then I
created an interface I called "DSL" and had the problem again. Perhaps a
bug in RRAS?
Could anyone test whether he can reproduce the problem?
Greets,
Simon