Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:26:38 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Network interface failover in 6.2? Message-ID: <f0b45m$jqt$1@sea.gmane.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I need to set up a simple NIC failover in a 6.2 host, connected to Cisco 2950 switches. From searching the web it seems that the simples option for me is to use ng_fec (I'd rather use trunk/lagg, but I can't use -current for this). Since I haven't used netgraph before, I'd appreciate any advices and caveats (especially: is anyone using this in production?). From documentation and examples found on the web it looks like I need to do this: ngctl mkpeer fec dummy fec ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"em0"' ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"em1"' ifconfig fec0 up ifconfig fec0 inet x netmask y Is this correct / all? I also found a pointer to use ng_one2many but a) ng_fec is supposed to make use of the router's support (FEC), and b) it looks more complicated to configure. What is the practical meaning / difference between mode_mac and mode_inet in ng_fec? One other thing: where should I add the above configuration? In /etc/rc.local? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGKRPuldnAQVacBcgRAhIDAKD9MfNbNN54SA8GhLYyAzW5+reZggCg8fEa mpEMciHxc+b+7BgT5aaZpFc= =deO/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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