RE: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-23 Thread Dimitri Rodis
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Dimitri Rodis > wrote: >> >> I would really like to see this work reliably at some point. From what I can >> tell, this problem is not limited to just Fireboxes, >it is on pretty much >> all NICs that have >> RTL8139C+ chips on them. >> > >There is something speci

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-22 Thread Joshua Schmidlkofer
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 17:48, Chris Buechler wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Dimitri Rodis > wrote: >> >> I would really like to see this work reliably at some point. From what I can >> tell, this problem is not limited to just Fireboxes, it is on pretty much >> all NICs that have >>

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-22 Thread Chris Buechler
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Dimitri Rodis wrote: > > I would really like to see this work reliably at some point. From what I can > tell, this problem is not limited to just Fireboxes, it is on pretty much all > NICs that have > RTL8139C+ chips on them. > There is something specific about

RE: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-22 Thread Dimitri Rodis
>On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Hans Maes wrote: >> >> Although it is definately related to the type of NIC's in the watchguard >> boards, I'm still not completely convinced this is 100% a hardware problem >> since the Watchguard Linux OS seems to work just fine on it. Sounds more >> like a Free

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Buechler
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Hans Maes wrote: > > Although it is definately related to the type of NIC's in the watchguard > boards, I'm still not completely convinced this is 100% a hardware problem > since the Watchguard Linux OS seems to work just fine on it. Sounds more > like a FreeBSD dr

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Hans Maes
Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: Ok new problem: re:1 watchdog timeout. I think we have properly disabled ACPI. Anyone have any other advice? Change hardware. Those cheap NICs in the Watchguards have all kinds of problems. Chris, Thanks, I appreciate your input. I think we'll ta

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Joshua Schmidlkofer
>> Ok new problem: re:1 watchdog timeout.   I think we have properly >> disabled ACPI.  Anyone have any other advice? >> > > Change hardware. Those cheap NICs in the Watchguards have all kinds of > problems. Chris, Thanks, I appreciate your input. I think we'll take your advice. =( Weak-sauce

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Buechler
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: > > Ok new problem: re:1 watchdog timeout.   I think we have properly > disabled ACPI.  Anyone have any other advice? > Change hardware. Those cheap NICs in the Watchguards have all kinds of problems. ---

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Joshua Schmidlkofer
>> >> >> > > Yes, do not blame your switch, something is wrong with your pfSense cluster. > Most probably your re1 becomes overloaded with traffic. > Evgeny. > Ok new problem: re:1 watchdog timeout. I think we have properly disabled ACPI. Anyone have any other advice?

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Evgeny Yurchenko
Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: Does pfSense' log say CARP is moved from Active to Passive? Evgeny. Evgeny, It appears we are getting some of that: (JAX2) Apr 19 14:48:13 kernel: carp1: link state changed to DOWN Apr 19 14:48:13 kernel: carp1: MASTER -> BACKUP (more frequent advertisement re

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Joshua Schmidlkofer
> Does pfSense' log say CARP is moved from Active to Passive? > Evgeny. Evgeny, It appears we are getting some of that: (JAX2) Apr 19 14:48:13 kernel: carp1: link state changed to DOWN Apr 19 14:48:13 kernel: carp1: MASTER -> BACKUP (more frequent advertisement received) Apr 19 14:48:10 kernel:

Re: [pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Evgeny Yurchenko
Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: I have a site in Jacksonville, FL. We have two Watchguard Firebox X700s, with upgraded RAM and a pfSense embedded deployment. Since installation we have had WEIRD problems with the VPN. We THOUGHT it was the vpn. However, weeks and work revealed an apparent switch

[pfSense Support] Wierd CARP problem

2010-04-19 Thread Joshua Schmidlkofer
I have a site in Jacksonville, FL. We have two Watchguard Firebox X700s, with upgraded RAM and a pfSense embedded deployment. Since installation we have had WEIRD problems with the VPN. We THOUGHT it was the vpn. However, weeks and work revealed an apparent switch problem. Basically, what we