From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 12:03:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD588106568A for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 558898FC34 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m7CC38ii004772 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:10 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7CC3850009990; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:08 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7CC377l009989; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:07 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:07 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Marian Hettwer Message-ID: <20080812120307.GD64458@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GOzekVbrLdOLv44p" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: stable@freebsd.org, eugen@kuzbass.ru, Pete French Subject: Re: lagg(4) and failover X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:03:14 -0000 --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Aug-12 13:43:29 +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote: >> lagg is to handle failover at the physical layer for when one of your >> ether ports fails, or someone unplugs a cable. If I understand you >> >Thats unfortunate... I tend to agree. >bonding in Linux is capable of doing this and solaris too. It shouldn't be too difficult to create something that behaves functionally similarly to Slowaris ipmpd (and with marginally more effort, you could create something that could be configured to behave sensibly). --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkihe/sACgkQ/opHv/APuIdftwCeODoFTYnXDvG6Hh85GI2mvgjC Uk0An0DZ9ujY1ECAAOX/QBQweYa18UR9 =cbi2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p--