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NIC teaming on RN314
My RN314 runs on the latest FW and has a dual Link to a Cisco Meraki Switch MS220 capable of L3, LACP, LAG, etc.! After creating the team on 802.3ad LACP Layer 3+4 in the RN314 it states ok but after the reboot of the RN314 it changes back to 802..3ad LACP layer 2 every time again?!
antaljanssen wrote:
In the meantime, I'm running on FW level 6.9.3 and the setting is stable but still, there is no data received over one of the two connections within the bond. One is constantly receiving 4Mbps data from 4 separate devices in total so it should be possible to use both ports with setting L3+L4, correct?
The L3+L4 setting only applies when sending. The switch LACP setting is what matters in the NAS receive direction. Most switches are hard-wired to use layer-2 hashing.
The odds of receiving streams from 4 devices on the same link is 1/8 - not that probable, but not shocking either. Using L3+L4 doesn't change those odds - what it does is potentially allow 2 streams going to the same device to use different links.
You might consider using a static LAG on the switch, and set up the NAS to use round-robin.
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"latest firmware" is 6.9.0? Or something else?
antaljanssen wrote:
After creating the team on 802.3ad LACP Layer 3+4 in the RN314 it states ok but after the reboot of the RN314 it changes back to 802..3ad LACP layer 2 every time again?!
This does sound like a bug, but I am wondering how much it actually impacts your performance. Even with a layer 3+4 hash, you still have a 50-50 chance that flows using different layer 4 ports will end up sharing the same NIC.
Do you have control over the hash in the Cisco switch (I don't with my switches).
We've reproduced this and filed a bug.
I have the latest OS running 6.9.0 and I have limited functionality on my Meraki MS220 Switches, mostly is done by web interface. The interface mentions that it had a trunk running on two ports.
Networking is so broken in 6.9.0.
LACP is not working.
People have reported issues with DHCP as well, and random disconnects.
I really wonder how this release ever made it though testing......
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[Sun Oct 29 21:54:49 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:54:49 2017] bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0, 1000 Mbps full duplex [Sun Oct 29 21:54:50 2017] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 21:54:50 2017] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it [Sun Oct 29 21:54:50 2017] bond0: first active interface up! [Sun Oct 29 21:54:53 2017] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:54:53 2017] bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 1000 Mbps full duplex [Sun Oct 29 21:55:12 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 21:55:12 2017] e1000e 0000:01:00.0 eth0: speed changed to 0 for port eth0 [Sun Oct 29 21:55:12 2017] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it [Sun Oct 29 21:55:12 2017] bond0: first active interface up! [Sun Oct 29 21:55:13 2017] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 21:55:13 2017] e1000e 0000:04:00.0 eth1: speed changed to 0 for port eth1 [Sun Oct 29 21:55:13 2017] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it [Sun Oct 29 21:55:13 2017] bond0: first active interface up! [Sun Oct 29 21:55:15 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:55:15 2017] bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0, 1000 Mbps full duplex [Sun Oct 29 21:55:15 2017] bond0: first active interface up! [Sun Oct 29 21:55:16 2017] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:55:16 2017] bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 1000 Mbps full duplex [Sun Oct 29 21:56:07 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 21:56:07 2017] e1000e 0000:01:00.0 eth0: speed changed to 0 for port eth0 [Sun Oct 29 21:56:07 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:56:20 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 21:56:20 2017] e1000e 0000:01:00.0 eth0: speed changed to 0 for port eth0 [Sun Oct 29 21:56:20 2017] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it [Sun Oct 29 21:56:20 2017] bond0: first active interface up! [Sun Oct 29 21:56:23 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 21:56:23 2017] bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0, 1000 Mbps full duplex [Sun Oct 29 22:07:03 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 22:07:03 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [Sun Oct 29 22:07:54 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [Sun Oct 29 22:07:54 2017] e1000e 0000:01:00.0 eth0: speed changed to 0 for port eth0 [Sun Oct 29 22:07:54 2017] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
Where can I find such logging as shown (see dump) here in my RN314?
antaljanssen wrote:
but after the reboot of the RN314 it changes back to 802..3ad LACP layer 2 every time again?!
This should be fixed in the latest hot-fix. You could try rebooting your NAS. The hot-fix should be installed within 15 minutes or so after that. If you do nothing (i.e. don't reboot your box) it'll be installed within a week.
I'm on version 6.9.0 and there is no update as the GUI informs me. Multiple reboots don't change anything. Where can I find the fix?
As per mdgm-ntgr, you will need to do a reboot on your NAS so that the latest hot-fix would kick-in.
About the logs, kindly check the kernel or the system logs of your NAS.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
hotfix only fix below LACP issue,
After creating the team on 802.3ad LACP Layer 3+4 in the RN314 it states ok but after the reboot of the RN314 it changes back to 802..3ad LACP layer 2 every time again?!
For offline issue in bonding mode on RN31X, it must update to 6.9.1-T119.
You may download 6.9.1-T119 from here,
https://www.readynas.com/download/beta/readynasos/6.9.1/ReadyNASOS-6.9.1-T119-x86_64.img
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