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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Regards, Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
