Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:08:02 -0400 From: Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> To: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network stack unstable after arp flapping Message-ID: <4D99B4A2.8090502@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4D987B1B.4000608@isafeelin.org> References: <20110401141655.GA5350@deta.isafeelin.org> <4D95E62A.5000109@comcast.net> <4D987B1B.4000608@isafeelin.org>
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On 4/3/2011 9:50 AM, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > Steve, > > On 01-04-11 16:50, Steve Polyack wrote: >> On 04/01/11 10:16, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > [ .. ] >>> Mar 31 18:36:12 srv01 kernel: arp: x.x.x.1 moved from >>> 00:00:0c:9f:f0:3d to 00:00:0c:07:ac:3d on bge0 > [ .. ] >>> The result of that, is that loads of FreeBSD machines (6.x, 7.x and >>> 8.x) developed serious network issues, mainly being no or slow traffic > [ .. ] >>> Any ideas anyone? >> We experienced a similar issue here, but IIRC only on our 8.x systems >> (we don't have any 7.x). Disabling flowtable cleared everything up >> immediately. You can try that and see if it helps. > AFAIK this feature was introduced in 8.x? Btw you are here referring to > UDP, we had issues with TCP. It could still be related, perhaps I'll get > around emulating the situation and see if I can reproduce it. > > Sorry, I tried to clarify that in the last piece of my post - the title on the PR is misleading and should be corrected. We found out quickly after submitting it that all types of traffic (UDP, TCP, ICMP, etc.) are independently affected.home | help
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