[SOLVED ]Re: packet loss with carp on 6.2

[Klavs Klavsen]

Hi,

Just to close this thread - I've confirmed that it was indeed a switch
problem.

The "funny" thing, is howcome only CARP triggered it.

On Thu, October 18, 2007 9:33, 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 at vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
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Regards,
Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl at vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
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"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly."
  --Henry Spencer