Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:15:20 +0200 From: Robert Blacquiere <freebsd-net@guldan.demon.nl> To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with ng_fec Message-ID: <20060907091520.GB87346@bombur.guldan.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060907025648.GA22003@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20060907025648.GA22003@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 10:56:48PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > Hi, > > (asked this first on -questions, but it seems that this exceeds their > wisdom...) > > I'm using a recent -current on amd64, and trying to use ng_fec to > hopefully provide a wide-bandwidth connection with cable-level > redundancy, and instead I get get errors and sporadic connectivity. > > I configured fec0 as such: > > #!/bin/sh > > ngctl mkpeer fec dummy fec > ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"em3"' > ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"em7"' > ngctl msg fec0: set_mode_inet > ifconfig fec0 up > ifconfig fec0 inet 10.184.1.19 netmask 255.255.0.0 > > The Cisco 6509 I was attached to had ports configured with: > > switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q > switchport mode trunk You need a port channel interface and make the switchports member of the port channel. some thing like: ! interface Port-channel1 description 2 combined interfaces to freebsd fec0 switchport ! only needed for vlan tagging... ! switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q ! switchport trunk allowed vlan x,y,z,... ! switchport mode trunk ! mtu 9216 no ip address interface GigabitEthernet5/1 description UPLINK #1 switchport ! needer only for vlan tagging ! switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q ! switchport trunk allowed vlan x,y,z,... ! switchport mode trunk ! mtu 9216 no ip address no cdp enable channel-group 1 mode on interface GigabitEthernet5/2 description UPLINK #2 switchport ! needer only for vlan tagging ! switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q ! switchport trunk allowed vlan x,y,z,... ! switchport mode trunk ! mtu 9216 no ip address no cdp enable channel-group 1 mode on > > When I tried to ping various hosts, however, I got sporadic and > intermittent connectivity to other hosts on the network. This is spanning tree behavour.... > > Dmesg follows after log entries. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > ==ml Hopeful this will give you a head start in configuring the cisco. Robert -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? OpenBSD: Hey guys you left some holes out there!
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