Have you tried using the generic NIO in GNS3 instead of the Linux one?
Tried disabling NIC hardware VLAN accel with ethtool?

-Keller
On Oct 19, 2012 1:20 PM, "Ryan Jensen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey All,
> I followed the guide on IPE's site here:
>
> http://blog.ipexpert.com/2011/02/28/gns3-and-physical-switches-breakout-switch/#more-6136
>
> I have a 24-port 3750 as my Breakout switch and my Lab Cat1-4 are also 3750
> switches. I had a fine-working setup for a while, but I had a situation
> where I had to upgrade my server hardware (ahh shucks right?). Previous
> server was a Dell 2850 running Ubuntu 10.x LTS, 4gb RAM, dual dual-core
> CPU, dual NICs. New setup is a Dell 2950 running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, 32gb
> RAM, dual quad-core CPU, 8 NICs (two on-board, 2 on a PCIX card, and 4 more
> on a PCIX card). With the old server, this worked flawlessly.
> The problem I'm hitting is that my Physical switches aren't able to
> communicate with my Virtual routers. My switches see CDP from the virtual
> routers, but the reverse is not true. I can ping Physical <-> Physical and
> Virtual <-> Virtual, but not Physical <-> Virtual. My physical switches are
> getting ARP from the virtual routers, but that's about it. I.E. My Cat4 has
> an ARP resolution for R9's Fa0/1 interface, but R9 does not have a
> resolution for CAT4s vlan2300 IP.
> I'm not sure if it's an OS thing or maybe a NIC thing? I've tried using
> different NICs. Tried the onboard (didnt work at all), and now I'm using a
> NIC on the dual-port card. I could try a port on the quad-port card as
> well.
>
> Has anyone had a similar problem?
> Here's some config info:
> Server NIC config:
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:17:25:d4:38
>           inet6 addr: fe80::215:17ff:fe25:d438/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1536  Metric:1
>           RX packets:4106983 errors:0 dropped:13869 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:89768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:401023113 (401.0 MB)  TX bytes:29160705 (29.1 MB)
>           Interrupt:17 Memory:d5ee0000-d5f00000
>
> I noticed the NIC is showing quite a few dropped packets, the dropped
> packets are incrementing, but slowly. If I start a ping from CAT4 to R9,
> the dropped packets aren't incrementing with the ping.
>
> Breakout switch has system MTU set to 1546.
>
> I layed down the Ubuntu OS, ran recommended patches, then installed GNS3
> and followed the above guide. That's all I've done to the host. Any
> thoughts? Thanks.
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