[SOLVED] Intel NUC with multiple NICs keep dropping network.

[cyber7]

Hi Guys
This is my very first post and having had a 5 day workout with proxmox I have found a problem mentioned all over and that is the network that does not become active on a Windows 10 VM. I tried everything to get it to work, but wait, let me first tell you what I am running:

1. Intel NUC GEN 8 i5, 12GB memory, 128GB SDD.
2. 2 x "USB to Ether" 1Gb LAN devices.

Everything works 100% until I create a bond and combine all 3 NICs together. I then get only the very first VM to come up nicely, but the rest, not so much. I am running a very "light-weigh" Linux Desktop, called Q4OS and Windows 10 debloated. The moment I create a bond using "MODE: balance-rr" and reboot the server (I love using this small device as a server!) I start loosing connectivity. Well, after about 5 days of going back and forth (I did not mention I have a 2nd NUC exactly the same spec) I finally found the problem is due to the switch connected, a DGS-1210-20 from DLink, having LACP enabled, to be the culprit.

Changing the MODE from balance-rr to LACP gave me no more problems.

I hope I am helping someone who is having the same kind of problems.
kind regards
cyber7 (aka Aubrey, Cape Town, South Africa)

 

[ph0x]

Great that you found that out, but it's not only your D-Link switch that needs to be configured to support a balance-rr trunk.
It's more like every switch ...