On 2007/12/06 10:06, Josh wrote: > So anyway, I was downloading some 4.2 install binaries onto the backup fw, > and I noticed that the backup/primary carp interfaces kept on switching > between master/backup fairly rapidly ( around every 5 - 10 seconds or so ) > despite both hosts being up just fine. > > Any ideas on what might be causing this?
If you reconfigured addresses on the interfaces after configuring them, it's most likely to be the problem fixed in r1.135 of http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet/ip_carp.c > Also, My understanding of net.inet.carp.preempt=1 needs to be adjusted I > think; I thought that it meant if one carp interface goes down, ie, > unplugged or whatever, then the rest go down, ie all other interfaces on the > box? Is this right? Not always, see http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg34354.html
