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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:57:27 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Dejvid Zaninovic" <dzaninov@mediaondemand.com>
Cc:        dan@langille.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IP Address Overtaking 
Message-ID:  <200101231957.f0NJvRS01701@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:36:31 EST." <001f01c08573$c9b6d670$230aa8c0@newyork.mod> 

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> > What is "IP Address
> > overtaking"?
> 
> It is a way to move IP address from one host to another, it is used for
> redundancy purposes.  If one host goes down the second take over.

Commonly referred to as "IP failover".

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
           V I C T O R Y   N O T   V E N G E A N C E




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