Hi again, just to "close" this case I'd like to mention that my problems with this setup were caused by some faulty pf.conf rules, which had not been adapted to the cluster config beforehand, i.e. it works now. :)
Regards Christoph >Physical NIC -> trunk interface -> vlan interface = physical interface of the >carpdev -> carpdev -> virtual IP (no IP on the vlan interface) > >I tested this setup and experienced unpredictable transitions from and to >master/backup state on different carp groups configured that way and also >unstable connections with >50% packet loss. I strictly followed the carp/pfsync >configuration guidance in respect of advskew, sysctl.conf options and so on. >So I wondered if this may have been caused by the "no IP" configuration. -- Christoph Peus Universität Witten/Herdecke Bereich Informationstechnologie Tel: +49 2302 926-212 Fax: +49 2302 926-44857 mailto:christoph.p...@uni-wh.de Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50 D - 58448 Witten Homepage: http://www.uni-wh.de Twitter: http://twitter.com/UniWH Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UniWH Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Martin Butzlaff (Präsident), Dipl. oec. Jan Peter Nonnenkamp (Kanzler) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Witten Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Bochum Nr. HRB 8671