From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 10:32:44 2007 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 7FE3F16A583 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kl@vsen.dk) Received: from www.EnableIT.dk (r2d2.enableit.dk [195.35.83.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C39913C465 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kl@vsen.dk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.EnableIT.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9676A1A3F for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at EnableIT.dk Received: from www.enableit.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.EnableIT.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F9E0A1A3D for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 62.242.232.132 (SquirrelMail authenticated user klavs) by www.enableit.dk with HTTP; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3981.62.242.232.132.1192703560.squirrel@www.enableit.dk> In-Reply-To: <2385.62.242.232.132.1192696439.squirrel@www.enableit.dk> References: <2385.62.242.232.132.1192696439.squirrel@www.enableit.dk> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:40 +0200 (CEST) From: "Klavs Klavsen" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: packet loss with carp on 6.2 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: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:32:44 -0000 I tried to just disable carp on the new machine (simply comment out carp config from /etc/rc.conf.local) and now the packet loss is gone - and hasn't been there for half an hour, so far. Seems the carp network interfaces has bugs. On Thu, October 18, 2007 10:33, Klavs Klavsen said: > Hi guys, > > I have had a FreeBSD 6.2 (-p1 - yes I know :) firewall running for a > while, with pf fw rules. It has worked fine, and was a replacement for a > fbsd 4.x ipfw firewall. > > Now I just replaced the 6.2 pf firewall, with a 6.2 (-p7) and carp > interfaces enabled. It's using the same cables and the same type of > network cards (bge and em). The new one, is a HP dl385 (amd) where the old > one, was a HP dl380 (Intel). > > On the new one, fping (and ping -f) pinging through the firewall, gives me > a packet loss. fping in nagios, reports up to 55% packet loss :( - a ping > -f gives me 1-3%, but bad enough :( > > pinging from the firewall itself, to one of the hosts, that packets are > lost to (when pinging from other networks) does not give any packet loss. > > The old 6.2, had polling enabled - and I've tried to disable polling on > the new, but to no effect. > > Any ideas what else to try? > > -- > Regards, > Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk > PGP: 7E063C62/2873 188C 968E 600D D8F8 B8DA 3D3A 0B79 7E06 3C62 > > "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." > --Henry Spencer > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk PGP: 7E063C62/2873 188C 968E 600D D8F8 B8DA 3D3A 0B79 7E06 3C62 "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." --Henry Spencer