Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:00:48 +0100 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CARP demotion counter Message-ID: <ee17d45f9f7b1a24f76b59b09608d466@megadrive.org> In-Reply-To: <20151210182821.GM13477@mordor.lan> References: <20151210182821.GM13477@mordor.lan>
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On 2015-12-10 19:28, Julien Cigar wrote: > Hello, > > I'm busy to setup a redundant router/firewall with two Soekris 6501, > PF, > CARP and PFSync. > > I wondered if it was normal that the CARP demotion counter > (net.inet.carp.demotion) is greater than 0 at boot? > > I'm asking this because it seems that the MASTER never returns from a > BACKUP state, and it seems that's because the demotion counter is > greater than 0 on both boxes (480) .. > > Any idea .. ? > > Thanks, > Julien You need net.inet.carp.preempt=1 for MASTER returning to MASTER after a BACKUP state. Otherwise as long as another machine have the carp ip, it will stay to BACKUP. -- Emmanuel Vadot
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