Really Dumb Question on low Packet Loss thresholds in Apinger
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I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around "Packet Loss thresholds". I read this thread, and only became more confused: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=37451.0
What does "low threshold" mean? Does that mean:
- An alert is fired if latency drops below this amount.
- An warning is fired if latency goes above this amount.
- Something else?
What does "high threshhold mean? Does it mean:
- An alert is fired latency goes above this amount?
- Something else?
Finally,
At what point will a gateway be included back into the group?
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When the low threshold is reached, an alert is fired.
When the high threshold is reached, the gateway is declared down.
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Basically what priller said, the low threshhold is the <amount>that can be hit before it sends and alert, and the high threshold is the <amount>at which point the gateway is considered down.</amount></amount>
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Thank you!!!
One more question, at what point is the gateway admitted back into the group?
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@j@svg:
One more question, at what point is the gateway admitted back into the group?
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the previously-failed gateway is put back in the group/pool after it comes back up.
This entry in the manual may be useful to you.
Lastly, mostly unrelated but somewhat relevant, there seems to be a widely-reported bug with 2.1-RELEASE that some users (including myself) experience, where if a WAN interface loses its connection (say, if the cable comes unplugged) when the connection is restored pfSense gets stuck continually rebooting the NIC and will never re-establish the connection, until you power-cycle the whole box. So, if you're on a flaky ISP, you may want to hold off loading 2.1-RELEASE until they've addressed the issue.