Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:00:51 +0200 From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi> To: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> Cc: "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ng_fec hash mechanism versus cisco etherchannel Message-ID: <3DC153B3.8030007@he.iki.fi> References: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701022DFC@mail.sandvine.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The forwarding table points to the channel, not a specific interface on the channel. This also allows adding and dropping links on the fly. Pete Don Bowman wrote: >>From: Petri Helenius [mailto:pete@he.iki.fi] >>It does not matter if you send using the other link as long >>as you send >>all packets >>for the same stream over the same link to avoid reordering. >>So yes, it does >>interoperate. >> > >can you end up with a link flap? >e.g. the catalyst does SA learning to pick the port, so it >sends it out port 1. We respond via port 2 since we use the >SIP^DIP. The catalyst switches that through to the other end, >which replies, and comes back via port 1. > >I guess this isn't tragic. > >--don (don@sandvine.com www.sandvine.com) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3DC153B3.8030007>