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    Load Balancer stopped Balancing

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      townsenk
      last edited by

      There is also another error concerning a gateway file that is displayed on the console while booting from /etc/inc/gwlb.inc
      If you can tell me where this logfile is located I provide the exact verbage from that log as well

      Thank you

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        eri--
        last edited by

        All should be fixed on snapshots later than this post.

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          Guest
          last edited by

          I just wanted to chime in and say thanks to the OP and everyone else who contributed, I've been trying to resolve my load balancing issues for the last few days and I just now got around to checking the forums. While I could have saved a good amount of time by checking the forums sooner, finding that the problem has been brought up and addressed is really pleasing. Anyway, thanks to everyone I look forward to having functional load balancing again. Cheers.

          ~infinityv~

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            That snapshot was not built after Ermal's post. A lot of work was done yesterday afternoon, and there hasn't been a new snap since then (the builder hasn't produced a usable snapshot run)

            You could try to gitsync and then try again, but iirc you will also need new apinger and check_reload_status/pfSctl binaries so it might break things.

            Just wait and try on the next new one.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              The most recent snapshot (and the one you posted the timestamp from) was from yesterday morning, not today.

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                townsenk
                last edited by

                With the new snapshot some outbound loadbalancing seems to be happening, However under Status/Gateways/Gateway Groups still show the gateways as "unknown".

                and this still appears in the system log

                Sep 16 20:15:01 php: : Gateways status could not be determined, considering all as up/active.

                Looks like a partial fix…

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  There are even more fixes that didn't make it into that snapshot, but the next one should be building now that has them… Though it should be safe to gitsync from today's snap up to current code.

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                    townsenk
                    last edited by

                    Thanks I'll give it a try

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                      townsenk
                      last edited by

                      I gitsynced. Instead of displaying "unknown" it says "Gathering Data"

                      I'll see what tomorrows snapshot does…

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                        trunglam
                        last edited by

                        I used snapshost 2.0-BETA4 (i386) built on Sat Sep 18 22:12:31 EDT 2010
                        but Load Balancing outbound still error with

                        Sep 21 08:45:13 php: : Gateways status could not be determined, considering all as up/active.
                        and gateway information is
                        Tier 1
                        WANGW, Gathering data
                        OPT1GW, Gathering data

                        Wait for good snapshost

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                          muffin
                          last edited by

                          Also having this issue.
                          Currently running:
                          2.0-BETA4  (i386)
                          built on Sat Sep 18 23:15:00 EDT 2010

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                            n1ko
                            last edited by

                            Issues here too on the 18th snapshot. Some times it doesnt gather data,other times it gathers but loadbalancing still dont work and failover doesnt seem to be working either. Randomly it balances ok, but failover seems to be never working…

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                              roi
                              last edited by

                              In my case, failover is working fine.
                              Both my GW's are set as Tire1 and when one of them fail (happens at least once a day  >:( ) it keep on by sending all traffic on the other interface.

                              Version 2.0-BETA4 (i386)
                              AMD Athlon™ XP 2000+

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                                muffin
                                last edited by

                                Any news on this? Just an update would be good.  ;)

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                                  roi
                                  last edited by

                                  It stopped working but again now seem to work fine.
                                  I am now going to update to Tue Sep 21 23:29:56 EDT 2010 and will see after this.

                                  Version 2.0-BETA4 (i386)
                                  AMD Athlon™ XP 2000+

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                                    stramato
                                    last edited by

                                    @roi:

                                    It stopped working but again now seem to work fine.
                                    I am now going to update to Tue Sep 21 23:29:56 EDT 2010 and will see after this.

                                    please keep us updated if Load Balance works on Sep 21 release :)

                                    I reverted back to Aug 27 release. Anything after Aug 27 release seem to be a lot more buggy

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                                      townsenk
                                      last edited by

                                      Logs still fill up with…

                                      Sep 22 23:15:01 php: : Gateways status could not be determined, considering all as up/active.
                                      Sep 22 23:00:00 php: : Gateways status could not be determined, considering all as up/active.

                                      Gateway Group Status still displays "gathering data"...

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                                        roi
                                        last edited by

                                        Over here it seem to work.
                                        It's not even 7am so as the day will pass there will be more traffic and I will have a better feedback.

                                        townsenk - are your interfaces configured using DHCP or static ?

                                        Version 2.0-BETA4 (i386)
                                        AMD Athlon™ XP 2000+

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                                          townsenk
                                          last edited by

                                          one static and one DHCP. Loadbalancing seems to work. Just the group status isn't reported and I gwt my system log filled up with the previous message I posted.

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                                            Perry
                                            last edited by

                                            Some promising code fixes has just been committed so try the next snapshot or gitsync

                                            /Perry
                                            doc.pfsense.org

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