From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 19 23:25:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FB2106566B for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:25:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from shrew.net (shrew.net [206.223.169.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FAF8FC1A for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [206.223.169.82]) by shrew.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1FBD79E299; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:25:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from shrew.net ([206.223.169.85]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [206.223.169.82]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03217-03; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:25:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hole.shrew.net (cpe-66-25-161-129.austin.res.rr.com [66.25.161.129]) by shrew.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1686D79E26B; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:25:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.66.59.117] (166-205-005-039.mobile.mymmode.com [166.205.5.39] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by hole.shrew.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6JNNcpM080884 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:23:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) References: <4A638E76.2060706@shrew.net> <4A63A4B3.6090500@modulus.org> Message-Id: <3D3254E2-4E45-4C67-84D2-DB05660D768F@shrew.net> From: Matthew Grooms To: Andrew Snow In-Reply-To: <4A63A4B3.6090500@modulus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7A341) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7A341) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:25:03 -0500 Cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: FreeBSD + carp on VMWare ESX X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:25:27 -0000 The other options you mention are enabled by default. This problem also effects pre vSphere versions but only under certain circumstances. Others claim this is only an issue when NIC teaming is in use. However, I disabled this feature and still experience the problem without the patch applied. I'll be happy to post the config when I'm back in front of the computer. It's not a configuration problem. I'm not new to FreeBSD or carp and have quite a bit of time invested trying to get this to work. Have a look at the vmware forums. A lot of folks have reported the problem in great detail and, as far as I can tell, have yet to get this working. -Matthew On Jul 19, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Andrew Snow wrote: > Matthew Grooms wrote: >> I was having problems running carp on VMWare ESX 4 and did a little >> investigative work to determine the cause of the problem. > > If have tested CARP on ESX 3.5u4 successfully with a 32-bit FreeBSD > guest with e1000 vNICs. > > As well as turning on promiscuous mode on the vSwitch, you have to > enable "MAC Address changes" and "Forged transmits" as CARP requires > these to work properly. > > Unless this is a vSphere-specific problem I must suspect your > configuration as the problem. Do you want to post your CARP config? > > > - Andrew