Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:45:07 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, "Mark J. Taylor" <mtaylor@cybernet.com>, Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig: changing mac address Message-ID: <373CFBD3.6A3E954C@softweyr.com> References: <19990515121747.N89091@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990514215106.75328A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> <19990515122826.O89091@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> OK, now maybe I'm missing something here. But an Ethernet address is
> used to identify a board. Arp binds it to an IP address. An IP
> address is bound to a network. So if you're on a different network,
> you get a different IP address. Why do you need the same Ethernet
> address?
>
> This is very different from having two boards on the same network,
> both with the same Ethernet address. As I observed earlier, that does
> make sense, but it's a hot standby situation. I can't see any point
> in arranging for both of them to accept or send data.
Redundancy and throughput both. Most switches can do this; using
two physical ports as one logical link. Think of it as network
link striping.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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