[OpenAFS] windows and alternate networking configuration

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:31:49 -0500

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Please install rc6 so you obtain some additional debugging
info and run the file log level at 125.   rc2 doesn't have
the patch to distinguish client's host structures by port
number.

Jeffrey Altman

Christopher D. Clausen wrote:
> As per my first post on this topic, fileservers are:
> C:\>for /l %i in (1,1,4) do @rxdebug afs%i -version
> Trying 128.174.251.8 (port 7000):
> AFS version:  OpenAFS 1.4.1-rc2 built  2005-12-12
> Trying 128.174.251.9 (port 7000):
> AFS version:  OpenAFS 1.4.1-rc5 built  2006-01-27
> Trying 128.174.251.10 (port 7000):
> AFS version:  OpenAFS 1.4.1-rc4 built  2006-01-15
> Trying 128.174.251.13 (port 7000):
> AFS version:  OpenAFS 1.4.0 built  2005-12-11
> 
> The FileLog I quoted is from 128.174.251.8 however, the one that is
> likely seeing the most traffic from my laptop, is 128.174.251.9 which is
> where my user volume resides currently.
> 
> <<CDC
> 
> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> The "FindClient X had Y, stolen by X" messages simply mean that the
>> client X initiated two calls to the file server and the second call
>> blocked while the first was associating the incoming connection with
>> the host entry.
>>
>> The WhoAreYou failed error indicates that there is a host entry on the
>> file server with that IP address and the IP address you are currently
>> connected from.
>>
>> Question:  what version is the file server?
>>
>> Jeffrey Altman
>>
>>
>> Christopher D. Clausen wrote:
>>> No.  There is a static reservation of 128.174.251.61 where my laptop
>>> has been all weekend.
>>>
>>> <<CDC
>>>
>>> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>>>> Did you receive a new IP address not previously used after removing
>>>> the alternate configuration?
>>>>
>>>> Jeffrey Altman
>>>>
>>>> Christopher D. Clausen wrote:
>>>>> I should have been more specific.  Yes, I understand that these
>>>>> messages show up when a machine changes IP addresses.  However,
>>>>> would the messages continue to show up even if there has not been a
>>>>> machine at the old IP address for over 48 hours?
>>>>> Sun Feb  5 15:46:38 2006 CB: WhoAreYou failed for
>>>>> 128.174.52.237:7001, error -01
>>>>>
>>>>> The last time that there was a machine at that IP address was at
>>>>> 4:30p on Friday 3FEB05.  I reinstalled to remove the cache file b/c
>>>>> of the unique identifier stored there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sun Feb  5 16:00:19 2006 FindClient: client 6e68d8(fb536c0) already
>>>>> had conn 6e1230 (host 80aefb3d), stolen by client 6e68d8(fb536c0)
>>>>> Sun Feb  5 16:02:12 2006 CB: WhoAreYou failed for
>>>>> 128.174.52.237:7001, error -01
>>>>> Showed up when I restarted the client on my laptop.  Client still
>>>>> has problems accessing paths in AFS.  I'm willing to believe that
>>>>> this is unrelated to the alternate networking config, but I just
>>>>> disabled the alternate config and restarted the client and it
>>>>> appears to be working much better now.
>>>>>
>>>>> <<CDC
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>>>>>> The messages you are seeing are normal behavior.  The client is
>>>>>> moving to a new IP address/port combination and the file server
>>>>>> can't find the client at the old address.  Reinstalling the client
>>>>>> or switching to DHCP will not alter the behavior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeffrey Altman
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christopher D. Clausen wrote:
>>>>>>> I have Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP1 installed on my
>>>>>>> laptop (don't ask, but yes I really do need the enterprise
>>>>>>> edition of Windows Server.)  I am using the "Alternate
>>>>>>> Configuration" to specify a static IP address for when I am at
>>>>>>> work and there is no DHCP as per:
>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/tips/autoconfig.mspx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This works quite well, I get an address from DHCP when there is a
>>>>>>> DHCP server on the network and my connection gets set to the
>>>>>>> static IP if there is no DHCP answer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, it seems that this confuses the OpenAFS client.  (I am
>>>>>>> currently running 1.4.1-rc6 in freelance mode.)  There are lots
>>>>>>> of "CB: WhoAreYou failed for 128.174.52.237:7001, error -01"
>>>>>>> messages in the FileLog when I am not at that IP address and the
>>>>>>> AFS client seems to take a long time to access any AFS paths.
>>>>>>> fs checks fails and this normally seems to correct any problems
>>>>>>> that I've had: C:\>fs checks
>>>>>>> fs: code 0x0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have even reinstalled the client, deleting the AFSCache file in
>>>>>>> between and I still see the "WhoAreYou failed" messages on my
>>>>>>> servers. And since there are about 10 times as many messages for
>>>>>>> that IP than all others combined, I figure that something isn't
>>>>>>> right.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have others had this problem?  Is anyone using the Alternate
>>>>>>> networking configuration and NOT having this problem? 

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