Date: 20 Aug 2002 19:48:53 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: "W. Desjardins" <bill@carracing.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network link failover Message-ID: <1029872940.224.63.camel@markx.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <20020820144648.T26962-100000@mail.carracing.com> References: <20020820144648.T26962-100000@mail.carracing.com>
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On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 18:56, W. Desjardins wrote: > Hi, > > I couldnt find anything in the archives specific to this question. > > I was wondering if there are any network card drivers that support link > failover between either 2 cards, or 2 ports on the same card? basically, I > am looking to have a server hooked to 2 switches and have the link > failover (while maintaining IP address) failover to the new port in the > event of a dead switch. > > I currently use this functionality in solaris with a daemon called > in.mpathd that uses interface aliases as floating ip's between network > interfaces. Solaris will failover and back, any links that fail for any > reason. Its nice in that besides load balancing to all interfaces in a > group, I can use any number of interfaces on any card as a group. > > I know some of the multiport ethernet cards such as the intel dual-port > and dlink quad-port claim failover capabilities, but I suspect that is > only for windows. is this correct? Is there any ability in the drivers fro > these cards to accomodate failover? > > Oh...and I know I can write a script in an hour or so to perform this duty > and unless I find any new info here, is what I will be doing. I just dont > care to reinvent a sub-standard wheel if a nice round one already exists > ;) > > Thanks, > > Bill Nope. No wheels here to reinvent. FreeBSD is basically designed to be a one way shot to the internet routing platform. I don't know for a fact that the intel multiport cards are capable of what you want, but in 6 years of using FreeBSD I've never heard of one being used in that capacity. (Take it for what it's worth) Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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