From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 08:25:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421791065673 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:25:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F2E8FC08 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:25:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L8Vzj-0002AD-0d for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:25:03 +0000 Received: from 217.31.70.82 ([217.31.70.82]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:25:03 +0000 Received: from chris by 217.31.70.82 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:25:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christian Ullrich Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:54 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.31.70.82 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) Sender: news Subject: CARP on VMware ESX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:25:07 -0000 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.