after upgrading 3.4 to 4.4/5.1 broken LAG with Netgear

Torsten73

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Here I found a similar problem, but without a solution.
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-ve-bond-with-802-1q.30133/

In my old setup I have previously a proxmox 3.4 over 3 years running fine with LAG on two nics to a Netgear GS116ve2.
In my old setup under 3.4 I had no Layer options defined, under 5.1 I testet both. (2+3,3+4) without difference.
On the managment web from switch I see very low receive traffic on nic2, the send traffic locks normal.

the LAG is on Port 2+3
What are the main problems:
- I can´t ping my gateway
- apt-get update sometimes works sometime its stopping somewhere.
- proxmox web is working but slow. NOVNC and console is working with the vm´s
- all server 2012r2 have no network (although it´s connected, less traffic is visible), AD is not available, RDP is not possible

If i disconnect lan 3 all works, network is in normal state again.

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Code:
lsmod |grep 8021q
has no result.

my network config:
Code:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet manual

iface eth1 inet manual

iface eth2 inet manual

iface eth3 inet manual

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet manual
        slaves eth0 eth1
        bond_miimon 100
        bond_mode 802.3ad
        bond_xmit_hash_policy layer2+3

auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
        address  192.168.100.1
        netmask  255.255.255.0
        gateway  192.168.100.254
        bridge_ports bond0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0

Does someone have an idea what´s going wrong and has change between 3.4 to 4.4 where the problem beginns?

Edit:
After my last reboot, it looks like with layer 2+3 it´s working. But the ping from proxmox to 192.168.100.254 (Gate) is still broken and I can only reach by rdp my DC but not the Exchange Server and nas. Maybe only luck, over which nic the communication of the DC is going?
 
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I found an interesting article on netgear:
community.netgear.com/t5/Managed-Switches/LAG-Configuration-which-hash-mode-to-use-for-linux-bond/td-p/1276917

My switch is only smart managed, so the layer mode fixed 2 should be the right option.
Seems to be if no mode is defined, by default 2+3 is used?

Anyway, it´s not working. Layer 2 doesn´t help. No ping to Gate from Proxmox, AD is not working.