thank to Camiel Dobbelaar, carp log at 6 shown ip_output problem, which lead me to:
pass quick proto carp no state it did the job (I still do not understand how forewall passed 6 interfaces and blocked 7th, need to have a closer look, but after that rule everything became ok, pf stopped blocking carp announces) 2 MARTA 2012 G. 21:31 POLXZOWATELX favar <889...@gmail.com> NAPISAL: > hi list, we have same problem with carp. (with 45 ip addresses) > and after reboot, host with advskew 200 became master, and with > advskew 1 - slave. > > 2012/3/2 iLXQ {IPICIN <chipits...@gmail.com>: > > no, I copied hostname.carpXX, just added "advskew 200" > > parameters are the same. > > > > 2 MARTA 2012 G. 15:25 POLXZOWATELX Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> > NAPISAL: > > > >> On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 01:53:17PM +0500, ???? ??????? wrote: > >> > >> > hello! > >> > > >> > we are running CARP-ed load balancers (carp over different vlans). > >> > it was running just great with 6 carp addresses. > >> > > >> > when we added 7th, randomly we get MASTERs on both server for certain > >> carp > >> > interface. After reboot we can get different carp interface on dual > >> MASTER > >> > state, and so on. > >> > carp negotiations are ok, tcpdump shows them all. both peers see each > >> other. > >> > > >> > if I put one interface to BACKUP state, it goes to mASTER soon. > >> > > >> > we are runnung 5.0/amd64 > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Ilya Shipitsin > >> > >> Carefully compare the address lists (including masks) on both > >> machines. Likely they are not the same. > >> > >> -Otto