> -----Original Message----- > From: Покотиленко Костик [mailto:casper@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:04 AM > To: barich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How to reset everything > > В Срд, 06/05/2009 в 18:03 -0400, Barry A Rich пишет: > > We use Netfilter to load balance UDP packets across multiple uplinks (ppp0, > > ppp1, ppp2, ppp3). Uplinks can be added or removed on the fly. When this > > happens, we reset everything and run the firewall/routing script that > > matches the new uplink configuration. The reset looks like this: > > > > ######################### Begin reset ######################### > > > > iptables -F INPUT > > iptables -P INPUT DROP > > iptables -F OUTPUT > > iptables -P OUTPUT DROP > > iptables -F FORWARD > > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > > iptables -F -t raw > > iptables -F -t nat > > iptables -F -t mangle > > > > ip route del default > > ip route flush table uplink1 > > ip route flush table uplink2 > > ip route flush table uplink3 > > ip route flush table uplink4 > > ip route flush dev ppp0 > > ip route flush dev ppp1 > > ip route flush dev ppp2 > > ip route flush dev ppp3 > > > > tc qdisc del dev ppp0 root > > tc qdisc del dev ppp1 root > > tc qdisc del dev ppp2 root > > tc qdisc del dev ppp3 root > > > > ip route flush cache > > > > ######################### End reset ######################### > > > > For two uplinks, the setup looks like this: > > > > ######################### Begin setup ######################### > > > > iptables -t raw -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p udp --sport 6970 -j NOTRACK > > > > iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p udp --sport 6970 -m statistic --mode nth > > --every 2 --packet 0 -j MARK --set-mark 1 > > > > iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p udp --sport 6970 -m statistic --mode nth > > --every 2 --packet 1 -j MARK --set-mark 2 > > > > tc qdisc add dev ppp0 root handle 1: prio > > > > tc qdisc add dev ppp1 root handle 1: prio > > > > tc filter add dev ppp0 parent 1:0 protocol ip prio 1 \ > > handle 1 fw flowid 1:1 action nat egress x.x.x.x/32 y.y.y.y > > > > tc filter add dev ppp1 parent 1:0 protocol ip prio 1 \ > > handle 2 fw flowid 1:1 action nat egress x.x.x.x/32 z.z.z.z > > > > ######################### End setup ######################### > > > > The UDP stream continues to be received on the LAN interface during the > > reset/setup. The reset/setup works most of the time, but occasionally the > > packets going out ppp0 do not get NAT'd after a reset/setup. Repeating the > > setup/reset sequence a second time seems to make it work, but I'd rather > > understand what's wrong and fix it. > > > > All help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > Try adding to your reset script: > > conntrack -F conntrack > conntrack -F expect > > -- > Покотиленко Костик <casper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> That did not solve the problem. Could it be packets that get queued up while the reset is in progress? Should the uplink queues get flushed? If so, how is that done? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html