broken fxp driver in 4.x ...

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, dpk wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>> Now, on one of our newer servers runnign a fairly recent cvsup of 4.x, the
>> fxp driver is doing the exact same thing ... all the other fxp based
>> servers do a nice quick 'ifconfig alias' for an IP, and arp broadcasts are
>> sent out, but on this one, I get the '60 second hang' and have to get our
>> network guys to clear arp caches for  the changes to take effect :(
>>
>> Has anyone else running 4.x experienced this?  Or am I just unlucky with
>> these things?  Is there a way of fixing it?
>>
>> Thanks ...
>
> We have a similar problem with our servers using em and bge drivers, but
> we don't experience that exact problem with fxp (although we have a
> different but similarly annoying problem). I was told for our problem we
> should enable 'portfast' on our switch ports -- we're in the process of
> trying to get that done.
>
> I don't know if the alias problem is the same, though. It's definitely
> still present in 5.4-R. We aren't in a position to try 6.0 or 7.0 or
> whatever version people are moving on to, so I don't know if it's fixed
> there.
>
> I was thinking we might be the only people seeing the huge delay in
> getting networking up -- wasn't finding anything on Google about it.

The problem with Google is it assumes that ppl don't answer "offlist" with 
a "me too" answer :(

> Can you try having your network guys enable 'portfast' on your server
> port, and then see if adding an IP alias still causes the hang?

I'd love to, but I know nothing about the Cisco switches other then the 
very bare minimal ... if you can give me some instructions, I can look at 
getting it done though ...

Thanks ... >

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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
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