On 2/9/11 1:12 PM, Vaughn L. Reid III wrote: > According to page 15 of the reference manual "address learning" is: > > Enable or disable MAC address learning for the selected ports. When > Enabled, destination and > source MAC addresses are automatically listed in the forwarding table. > When address learning > is Disabled, MAC addresses must be manually entered into the forwarding > table. This is > sometimes done for reasons of security or efficiency. See the section on > Forwarding/Filtering > for information on entering MAC addresses into the forwarding table. The > default setting is > Enabled. >
This just means the switch dynamically learns the source MAC of each attached device. 99.999 percent of all switches on the market have dynamic MAC learning enabled. This isn't the problem. > > > One other thing. I need to note that I have dedicated a CARP interface > on each Pfsense box connected to each over via a cross-over cable. Sorry, I don't completely understand your CARP setup. I too use a crossover cable between pairs of boxes but that's for pfsync, not CARP. pfsync migrates table state between pf boxes; CARP is for redundant sharing of a virtual IP address among multiple pf boxes, and would be of little use on a network consisting of a crossover cable. IIRC CARP uses multicast addressing for its keepalive messages. You might also want to verify that the switch is configured to forward multicast. dn > > > > On 2/9/2011 2:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> [snip] >>> Address Learning enabled on the Switch (default setting): >> [snip] >> Can you briefly explain what 'address learning' is according to D-Link? >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
