Installing bridge-utils and then setting up a bridge in /etc/netwrok/interfaces decimates my netwrok speed. Uninstalling the package and doing a reboot restores the speed.
This bug was originally posted here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/861141 but I now realise it is bridge-utils specific.
Hardware:
I have two identical machines (DELL poweredge R815), each with Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit PCIe connected via a 10G switch.
Each machine runs 4 socket 12 core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6174 and 128GB of ram
Software:
Both machines ar running ubuntu server 10.04 lts Kernels are:
Linux whitlam 2.6.32-28-server #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 23:57:16 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Linux fraser 2.6.32-28-server #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 23:57:16 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have installed iperf on both machines.
The tests here involve running whitlam as the iperf server and fraser as the client.
On whitlam I run:
bioadmin@whitlam:~# iperf -sm
On fraser I run:
bioadmin@fraser:~# iperf -c whitlam -d
before installation I get:
bioadmin@whitlam:~# iperf -sm
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 5] local 10.168.48.14 port 5001 connected with 10.168.48.13 port 37960
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.168.48.13, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 110 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 6] local 10.168.48.14 port 49627 connected with 10.168.48.13 port 5001
Waiting for server threads to complete. Interrupt again to force quit.
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.23 Gbits/sec
[ 5] MSS size 1448 bytes (MTU 1500 bytes, ethernet)
[ 6] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.6 GBytes 9.11 Gbits/sec
[ 6] MSS size 1448 bytes (MTU 1500 bytes, ethernet)
Which is nice.
Next I run:
sudo aptitude -y install bridge-utils
and then I add a bridge to the interfaces file like thus:
FROM:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth4
iface eth4 inet static
address xx.xx.xx.xx
netmask 255.255.255.0
network xx.xx.xx.0
broadcast xx.xx.xx.255
gateway xx.xx.xx.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers blah blah
TO:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
#auto eth4
#iface eth4 inet manual
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
address xx.xx.xx.xx
netmask 255.255.255.0
network xx.xx.xx.0
broadcast xx.xx.xx.255
gateway xx.xx.xx.1
bridge_ports eth4
bridge_stp off
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers blah blah
And restart networking
sudo /etc/init.d/netwroking restart
Which results in:
bioadmin@whitlam:~# iperf -sm
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 10.168.48.14 port 5001 connected with 10.168.48.13 port 56405
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.168.48.13, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 1.25 MByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 6] local 10.168.48.14 port 57001 connected with 10.168.48.13 port 5001
Waiting for server threads to complete. Interrupt again to force quit.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.5 GBytes 9.00 Gbits/sec
[ 4] MSS size 1448 bytes (MTU 1500 bytes, ethernet)
[ 6] 0.0-10.0 sec 2.51 GBytes 2.15 Gbits/sec
[ 6] MSS size 1448 bytes (MTU 1500 bytes, ethernet)
Note that the connection from the machine with bridge-utils installed (fraser) to the other machine (whitlam) is not affected. Only the connection from whitlam to fraser.
Both machines are fresh installs with nfs-common, iperf installed. Fraser also has bridge-utils
Any help is very much appreciated!
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AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access /dev/snd/: No such file or directory
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R815
Package: linux (not installed)
PackageArchitecture: amd64
PciMultimedia:
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-server root=UUID=cfbcc41d-7968-457b-971a-6b7d5d56e6d2 ro quiet
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-35.78-server 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid lucid networking needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-35-server x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.2.1
dmi.board.name: 04Y8PT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 23
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.2.1:bd08/02/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR815:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04Y8PT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:
dmi.product.name: PowerEdge R815
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Thanks for reporting this bug. I've marked it as also affecting the kernel as the bridge driver seems most likely to be the problem.