From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Sep 16 10:51:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 570D837B424 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 10:51:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom (helo=localhost) by misery.sdf.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13aLlK-0005fm-00; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 10:28:26 -0700 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 10:28:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: jpsp@rccn.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 NICs, 2 routers In-Reply-To: <39BFB79F.444C3383@rccn.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 jpsp@rccn.net wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > I have a BSD with 2 ethernet NICs and there's > the possibility of connecting those cards to 2 different > routers. I would to know how do I make the machine resistent > to the failure of one of the routers? I think this is possible > using layer 2 or/and 3 technics? >=20 > thanks, > jp If both routers are Cisco you can configure HSRP, if they are not Cisco you can see if VRRP is supported. Both methods are handled completely on the routers. Basically you can configure either router to take over the IP and MAC address of the other. > -- > FCCN - Funda=E7=E3o para a Computa=E7=E3o Cient=EDfica Nacional - Tel: > +351-218440100 Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message