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Date:      Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:35:34 -0500
From:      Chris Buechler <freebsd@chrisbuechler.com>
To:        Klavs Klavsen <kl@vsen.dk>,  freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [SOLVED ]Re: packet loss with carp on 6.2
Message-ID:  <472F8CA6.5010502@chrisbuechler.com>
In-Reply-To: <1784.62.242.232.132.1194249579.squirrel@www.enableit.dk>
References:  <2385.62.242.232.132.1192696439.squirrel@www.enableit.dk> <1784.62.242.232.132.1194249579.squirrel@www.enableit.dk>

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Klavs Klavsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just to close this thread - I've confirmed that it was indeed a switch
> problem.
>
> The "funny" thing, is howcome only CARP triggered it.
>   

Because CARP uses multicast, and there are a ton of buggy and/or 
misconfigured switches out there that break, block, or are otherwise 
flaky with multicast traffic.

Chris




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