From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Oct 6 12:05:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20508 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 12:05:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20414 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 12:04:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA130216740; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:12:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:12:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Steven Fletcher Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Load balancing In-Reply-To: <361a2474.1852724@smtp.shellnet.co.uk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Steven Fletcher wrote: > It basically is a way of 2 machines and 2/4 network cards sharing one > IP address. They talk to each other (via MAC I belive) and also talk > to the router which they are connected to via the network, answering > ARP requests in a kind of you-me order. I have no knowledge on the product you speak of, but I can assure you that it doesn't "talk" via MAC, anymore then you make phone calls via phone number. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message