From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 27 14:07:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756E9106566B for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:07:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.netplex.net (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337CF8FC13 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sea.ntplx.net (sea.ntplx.net [204.213.176.11]) by mail.netplex.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/NETPLEX) with ESMTP id n8RDn30b026676; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:49:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.netplex.net) X-Greylist: Message whitelisted by DRAC access database, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.10]); Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:49:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:49:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen X-X-Sender: eischen@sea.ntplx.net To: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= In-Reply-To: <20090927091314.GG69612@acme.spoerlein.net> Message-ID: References: <1704894341.63251252787681862.JavaMail.root@dagobah.intersec.pl> <20090927091314.GG69612@acme.spoerlein.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-851401618-1254059343=:26181" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Maciej Jan Broniarz Subject: Re: problem with link aggregation failover X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Eischen List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:07:30 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-851401618-1254059343=:26181 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Ulrich Sp=C3=B6rlein wrote: > On Sat, 12.09.2009 at 22:34:41 +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to configure lagg failover mode on 7.2. >> >> I do: >> >> # ifconfig xl0 up >> # ifconfig fxp0 up >> # ifconfig lagg0 create >> # ifconfig lagg0 up laggproto failover laggport xl0 laggport fxp0 >> # dhclient lagg0 >> >> And all seems to work ok. Still I disconnect the cable from the master c= ard the connection stops. >> Although fxp0 becomes active the connection is still dead. If I start pi= nging any host from that machine >> the conection comes back to live, but having ping in background all the = time is not the solution. >> >> Am I doing something wrong or have I missed something in the configurati= on? > > Well, where is xl0 and fxp0 connected to? My first bet would be a > standard switch, if so try setting both devices to the same MAC address. > Otherwise the peers you connect to will send the IP packets to the wrong > MAC address and only after a timeout (or a forced push thanks to the > ping) will get their ARP cache into shape. lagg should automatically make xl0 and fxp0 appear at the same MAC address. The only time you should have to manually set the MAC address would be on cloned interfaces such as wlan, because the cloned interfaces don't propagate the MAC change down to the interface from which they were cloned. --=20 DE ---559023410-851401618-1254059343=:26181--