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RE: [Xen-users] intermittent network hangs

To: "John Madden" <jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] intermittent network hangs
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:33:35 +0100
Cc: Michael Steinmann <msl@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> FWIW, this intermittent packet loss & hang problem continues. 
>  We've disabled STP on the network, enabled/disabled it on 
> xen-br0, sniffed, and watched layer 2 with arpwatch, all 
> showing nothing wrong -- packets just disappear on the bridge 
> or are delayed for the external interface.  Everything else 
> seems normal though.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Such an unstable network is useless for 
> production applications and I'm afraid we won't be able to 
> continue using Xen...

Have you tried using a routed rather than bridged setup?

See /etc/xen/scripts/network-router and vif-route

Ian

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