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Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:12:16 +0100
From:      Meno Abels <meno.abels@gmail.com>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, meno.abels@adviser.com,  freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.4 802.1q and linux stalls
Message-ID:  <344de28705061706121fcf5040@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050617125049.GB45094@cell.sick.ru>
References:  <344de287050617043219810b3@mail.gmail.com> <20050617125049.GB45094@cell.sick.ru>

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no nothing like that.=20

Meno

2005/6/17, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>:
>   Meno,
>=20
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:32:37PM +0100, Meno Abels wrote:
> M> i have here a very strange problem which is in real a linux problem
> M> but it is triggered by freebsd. I run a lan on which are linux 2.6.8(d=
ebian) and
> M> freebsd 5.4 systems are connected to a unmanaged gigabit switch. All s=
ystems
> M> uses this gigabit adapter:
> M>  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> M> Everything works fine until i do on one freebsd box the following:
> M>  ifconfig vlan0 172.20.21.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 vlan 2 vlandev re0
> M> i just do this, there is nowhere any configuration for  802.1q  on any=
 other
> M> machine on this lan.
> M> What is happen now the freebsd continues to run without any problem, b=
ut
> M> all linuxs are stopping to understand any arp responses from a freebsd
> M> nor an other linux.
> M> So they stop to work over the time on this lan anymore. If I do
> M> "ifconfig vlan0 unplumb"
> M> it takes up to 10 minutes and the linux's are return to the working
> M> status as before
> M> the ifconfig vlan0...
> M> I didn't not have any clue which network packet could cause these beha=
vior in
> M> a linux but there has to be one. Does anybody as any idea?
>=20
> Try to tcpdump on linux when you create vlan on FreeBSD. Any unusual pack=
et
> at this moment?
>=20
> M> On that lan there is UDP-Broadcast(spread) and multicast traffic(gangl=
ia)
> M> also there are around 120 carp addresses configured on the 10 freebsd =
boxes.
> M> Everything else is standard tcpip/nfs traffic. There is no firewall
> M> rules on the interfaces on thes linuxs or the freebsds.
>=20
> Any routing software? RIP or OSPF?
>=20
> --
> Totus tuus, Glebius.
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