Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:19:11 +0200 From: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se> To: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD HA configuration / Ethernet address takeover Message-ID: <199804252319.BAA18601@zed.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: Your message of "25 Apr 1998 17:13:37 CDT." <85yawtim7i.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>
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> A lot of ARP caches will retain the original server's MAC address for > some number of minutes, so being able to take over the MAC address is > a very good thing. No, when you ifconfig a interface it will send a gratuitous ARP request. That will update the ARP caches on the other hosts. Now if you are worying about lost packets you need to take a look at your network... :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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