<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[NAT and MAC change (Intel NIC Teaming)]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I have problem with NAT and port forwarding.<br />
One of my servers is using Intel nics with TEAM function (two lan cards are used as a team and provides load balancing and failover).</p>
<p dir="auto">The problem is that I cannot create stable connection with port forwarding (for example remote desktop or HTTPS mail), because MAC address constantly changes. I see these messages in log:</p>
<p dir="auto">Nov 22 20:32:03 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4c to XXXXXX:4d on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:31:45 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4d to XXXXXX:4c on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:31:45 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4c to XXXXXX:4d on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:28:56 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4d to XXXXXX:4c on fxp0<br />
….</p>
<p dir="auto">What can I do now? Remove Team function or adjust firewall settings?</p>
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<p dir="auto">I have problem with NAT and port forwarding.<br />
One of my servers is using Intel nics with TEAM function (two lan cards are used as a team and provides load balancing and failover).</p>
<p dir="auto">The problem is that I cannot create stable connection with port forwarding (for example remote desktop or HTTPS mail), because MAC address constantly changes. I see these messages in log:</p>
<p dir="auto">Nov 22 20:32:03 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4c to XXXXXX:4d on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:31:45 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4d to XXXXXX:4c on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:31:45 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4c to XXXXXX:4d on fxp0<br />
Nov 22 20:28:56 kernel: arp: 192.168.190.6 moved from XXXXXX:4d to XXXXXX:4c on fxp0<br />
….</p>
<p dir="auto">What can I do now? Remove Team function or adjust firewall settings?</p>
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<p dir="auto">It sounds like you don't have switch support for aggregation, or don't have it configured properly. Pure failover mode is all that will work properly without switch support.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I am having a related issue where I need pfsense to update its ARP table more frequently due to MAC address changes. Any idea how to do this?</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">I think FreeBSD should be updating the ARP table any time it receives a packet that doesn't match its current cache, as should any other TCP/IP stack. Are you saying you want it to flush the cache sooner and make a new ARP request? This is controlled by the sysctl tuneable 'net.link.ether.inet.max_age'; it seems to default to 20 minutes.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/187975</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/187975</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ktims]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to NAT and MAC change (Intel NIC Teaming) on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I am having a related issue where I need pfsense to update its ARP table more frequently due to MAC address changes. Any idea how to do this?</p>
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