There's an easier way - just edit /opt/vyatta/sbin/vrrpd.init to pass in the -n flag to vrrpd; that disables the virtual MAC handling.
Best, Justin On Dec 3, 2007 4:02 PM, Jeff Stockett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, to verify if the r8169 driver problem was fixed, I built a > 2.6.23.9 stock kernel and booted the router using it. When I > built it, I used the original config as a starting point: > > # cd /usr/src/linux > # cp /boot/config.gz . > # gunzip config.gz > # make menuconfig (and then load .config, check everything, and save) > > It boots up fine, but when it goes to start the router-mgr I get: > > Module ipt_rlsnmpstats not found. > > Is this a custom vyatta module maybe that isn't in the stock kernel? > Should I just give up and buy some different NICs or is using a > newer kernel potentially an option once this module issue is solved? > > Thanks, Jeff > > P.S. I apologize if I should have posted this to vyatta-hackers instead. > > > ----- "Jeff Stockett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My vyatta test setup includes two identically equipped older athlon xp > > systems where eth0=onboard nforce, eth[1-3]=r8169 based cards. > > Everything is working fine on both systems, but this weekend I spent > > about an hour trying to get VRRP to work for fail-over. It works fine > > on eth0 (onboard nforce) but I couldn't get it to work on eth1-3. In > > exploring the issue, it appears that not all drivers support the > > ability to set the MAC address (which it appears VRRP needs). I found > > the following post: > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git1.log > > > > It appears to indicate the r8169 driver didn't get the ability to set > > its MAC address until sometime in kernel 2.6.22 which obviously does > > me no good at the moment. > > > > This isn't a big deal financially, as the only reason I bought the > > cards was that Fry's had them on sale for $4.99 each and they had a > > low profile bracket which fit the cases I was using. However, it > > might be useful to put a blurb in the VRRP section of the > > documentation stating that the card's driver must support setting the > > MAC address for VRRP to work (and maybe even list which drivers > > support and don't support it although I can see how this list might be > > difficult to compile). > > > > FWIW, I also notice in: > > > > https://bugzilla.vyatta.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370 > > > > that the latest greatest build has support for a disable-vmac option - > > but when I tried it in VC3 I just got syntax errors. I'm assuming > > this would fix the problem also as the card then wouldn't have to set > > its MAC address but just use it as is? How hard is it to upgrade to a > > nightly build (we're still a few months away from production so I > > wouldn't be too concerned with stability)? Any suggestions other than > > use a different card? Thanks, Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > Vyatta-users mailing list > > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
