Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:54 +0100 From: Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: CARP on VMware ESX Message-ID: <ghaob2$gid$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Hello all, I'm having trouble getting a CARP setup to work on VMware ESX. The problem: As soon as I configure the CARP interface, it first goes to MASTER state, then immediately drops to BACKUP, and stays there. Right now I have only one VM set up, so the reason is not that there's an active master in the group. In the log I get the message arp_rtrequest: bad gateway 192.168.93.3 (!AF_LINK) about once every three or four seconds. Just as often, I see ARP requests from the above IP, querying for the same address. I know about VMware and allowing promiscuous mode on the "physical" interface. But this is where it gets confusing: If I create the CARP interface while promiscuous mode is _not_ allowed on the interface, it starts up fine, becomes master, the route entry appears, and everything looks fine. Once I then allow the interface into promiscuous mode, I can use it fine. If promiscuous mode is already permitted on the interface when I start CARP, I get what I described above: The interface is in BACKUP state, the route to the CARP interface doesn't show up, and I get both the ARP requests and the error message continuously. I appreciate any hints.
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