Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:53:39 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> To: Sebastien Petit <spe@selectbourse.net> Cc: Scott Ullrich <sullrich@CRE8.COM>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HUT Project Message-ID: <20020403235339.D57543@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <000d01c1dba8$1c0c6e90$020110ac@SPE>; from spe@selectbourse.net on Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 09:12:40AM %2B0200 References: <2F6DCE1EFAB3BC418B5C324F13934C96016C9521@exchange.corp.cre8.com> <20020402170922.G52193@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020403100144.E148FBADD@sbserv0.intra.selectbourse.net> <20020403214530.A57543@blossom.cjclark.org> <000d01c1dba8$1c0c6e90$020110ac@SPE>
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 09:12:40AM +0200, Sebastien Petit wrote:
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> with the RFC2338, FreeBSD must respond to ARP query on 10.0.1.1 and
> 172.16.2.1 with 00:00:5E:01:01 MAC address and not with the real MAC
> addresses of physical interfaces. Then when a switching between SLAVE and
> MASTER occures ARP cache doesn't need to be updated anyware. The switch
> learn effectivly the MAC address on his port but it updates his ARP table
> automaticly when another host become a MASTER because the new MASTER send
> VRRP packets every seconds.
All looks good so far.
> so if you don't use real aliases with RFC2338 MAC addresses, ARP cache of
> hosts on the same LAN need to be updated (because SLAVE doesn't have the
> same MAC address as the MASTER). This problem is describe in the RFC2338.
I still don't understand what you are saying here. I think it is a
language and terminology barrier. What is a "real alias?"
> Then, I need to write a new node called ng_alias for example and use it for
> doing this staff.
>
> But perhaps I'm wrong with that or with RFC2338. If this is the case, can
> you correct me ?
> Any comments ?
> Sebastien.
> --
> spe@selectbourse.net
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