[ale] [OT] Networking Question about switches

[Matt Hessel]

192.168.0.254 is invalid for a gateway on 192.168.1.0/24..  Your os can
only route though the other interface to reach any address outside..
On Apr 4, 2013 5:17 PM, "Chuck Payne" <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Afternoon,
>
> I have a very strange issue. I have a FreeNAS from iX Systems that has two
> nic.  The first is used for productions (igb0) and the second(igb1)  is
> used for backup. Every morning between 3am to 4am, the backup network nic
> (igb1) traffic appears to have stop. Because no data is being transfer.  If
> I do the following
>
> ifconfig igb1 down
> sleep 5
> ifconfig igb1 up
>
> Traffic starts again.
>
> There a bit of details about my network
>
>  production 192.168.0.0/24
> backup 192.168.1.0/24 <http://10.1.0.0/24>
>
> Both networking use the following as the default gateway 192.168.0.254.
>
> No Vlans.
>
> Each Network has it own switch.
>
> Here is where I need help.  I been working with FreeNAS, they think my
> problem is as follows.
>
> 1) I have a switch that is going bad.
> 2) That my switches might be bridged.  I assume that means I have a cable
> between each switches.
>
> There reason that they thing it's either bridge or bad.  Because of the
> following that we are setting on the FreeNAS.
>
> We are seeing in the logs are arp changes for lets ip 192.168.0.2 on mac
> address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (which is eth0) because change to yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> with is mac address 192.168.1.2 ( eth 1)
>
> I am lost, because I am not sure how to fix it this.  How can I see if my
> switcher are bridge. What would be the best practice.
>
> If I had a bad switch, should I try updating the firmware?
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