Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 16:09:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: eischen@vigrid.com, mtaylor@cybernet.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig: changing mac address Message-ID: <199905142009.QAA07993@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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> One of the purposes of changing the MAC address is for server > redundancy. > > Suppose that one of your "important" servers went down. Wouldn't it > be nice for the alternative server (a mirror) to get the "important" > server's MAC address (and IP address(es), and AppleTalk address, etc.), > so the client's ARP caches don't have to timeout before they can > access the "important" server again (aka the mirror)? Ahhh... Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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