Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:25:40 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD HA configuration / Ethernet address takeover Message-ID: <199804260225.TAA01557@antipodes.cdrom.com> 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. Pinging the broadcast address from the new MAC is one fairly effective way of flushing stale ARP entries. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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