From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jan 2 8:42:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B44737B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4897343ED8 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:42:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@sandvine.com) Received: by mail.sandvine.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:42:09 -0500 Message-ID: From: Don Bowman To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Redundant NIC/Connections Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:42:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: Jonathan Disher [mailto:jdisher@parad.net] > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, David J Duchscher wrote: > > > >> >I was wondering how people are handling redundant > connections? We > > >> >would like to have dual NICs in the FreeBSD box with each NIC > > >> connected > > >> >to a different switch. Both switches are in the same broadcast > > >> domain. > > >> >In pointers, hints on this may done would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > > > I think one of my colleagues responded directly to the > poster. We do > > > it by a daemon he wrote that monitors interface link > status, and also > > > pingability of default gateways, and reconfigures > interfaces in event > > > of a failure, based on the normal configuration file settings > > > (/etc/rc.conf) > > > > > > Instantly in event of link loss; after a few seconds of > retrying in > > > event of router loss (we use HSRP addresses for routers.) > > > > Yes, I got a few responses including the one mentioned > above. Lack of > > time and changing priorities has prevented me from following up on > > them. Anshuman Kanwar did mentioned he might release his > solution as > > open source if there was interest. I am at least interested in > > reviewing it. I just need to find the time. > > I would also be very interested in this. We could write our > own, but I'd > much rather burn that time working on other projects ;-). > > Did Anshuman happen to mention what it's written in? Perl? C? other? I wonder if the VRRP (http://www.bsdshell.net/hut_fvrrpd.html) can help here. its available as a port. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message