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