Thanks to those who gave suggestions on and off list...We found the issue
was a physical one (someone unfamiliar with fiber optic taps had installed
the optics incorrectly on the server side)...I suspected a problem at this
level but wanted to rule out the software side in parallel... :)

Cheers,

Jesse


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Chris Wakelin <[email protected]>wrote:

> We use port mirroring from Extreme Networks border switches. They add
> VLAN tags to only one direction of the traffic, which can cause issues
> like this. Apparently this is by design! Could your issue be similar?
>
> In our case, we need to do something like "tcpdump -i eth0 'host x.x.x.x
> or (vlan and host x.x.x.x)'" to see both sides of a conversation.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris
>
> On 03/01/14 03:04, Jesse Bowling wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently switched from using the igb driver (with multiple 1 Gb
> > connections) to using the ixgbe driver with a single 10 Gb connection. In
> > the process of this change we moved from some 1 gb taps to a new 10 gb
> tap.
> >
> > Since the changeover, I've found that I'm only seeing half the
> > conversation, specifically only the inbound side. I suspect tap
> > misconfiguration, but I'd like to diagnose "my" side of the process
> > (PF_RING on Linux).
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice on how I can rule out any issues on the
> PF_RING
> > side? Running 5.5.4 ($Revision: 6357$)...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> >
> >
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