Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:53:25 -0500 From: Dan Lists <lists.dan@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridge Not Forwarding ARP Message-ID: <CAPW8bZ2k7eTL-6ENgmP_5gpYGP8CdVvAk1NH%2BaQh%2BS2Z=0n-cA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c934f2b4-4c05-f3dc-12a6-f3624b60c40b@hilltopgroup.com> References: <CAPW8bZ2NaXB24p1mtH=A2f8ZukTPn7%2BPKXwUN2F0Osrn0exYNw@mail.gmail.com> <c934f2b4-4c05-f3dc-12a6-f3624b60c40b@hilltopgroup.com>
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I am not running virtualbox. I am still searching for clues to fix this problem. On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 7:54 PM Joseph Ward <jbwlists@hilltopgroup.com> wrote: > I had this exact issue while virtualbox had a guest network adapter > bridged to the external interface that the FreeBDS bridge0 interface was > bridged to. If I shutdown the VMs, ARP magically started working > bidirectionally, and after restarting the VMs it failed again. > > My fix was eventually to just have 2 external NICs; one exclusively for > the virtualbox systems. I have no idea if you have a virtualbox guest > present, but if so that was my fix. > > The issue occurred on both igb and re NICs. > > -Joseph > > On 2019-07-08 12:13, Dan Lists wrote: > > I have a server running FreeBSD 11.2 that I am wanting to use as a > bridged > > firewall. I have it set up and it mostly works. The problem is that > ARP > > replies are not being forwarded from the outside interface to the inside > > interface. It appears to be working in the other direction. I see the > > ARP request go out on the outside interface and the reply arrives back at > > the outside interface. The ARP reply is never getting to the bridge or > to > > the inside interface. > > > > The firewall server and the device behind it are in ESX. I think I've > > worked all the ESX issues out. When I manually add an ARP entry > everything > > works. I've done this before with a physical server running FreeBSD 8.4 > > and it works as expected. The differences are physical vs virtual, and > > 8.4 vs 11.2. > > > > I'm at a loss as to why it is not working. I've searched the web and > > found noting. If anyone could offer suggestions on how to fix this or > > begin to debug it I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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