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Date:      Thu, 2 Jan 2003 07:20:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jonathan Disher <jdisher@parad.net>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Redundant NIC/Connections
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301020718450.20834-100000@pasiphae>
In-Reply-To: <02B3D733-1E07-11D7-9808-0003930B3DA4@tamu.edu>

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On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, David J Duchscher wrote:

> >> >I was wondering how people are handling redundant connections?  We
> >> >would like to have dual NICs in the FreeBSD box with each NIC
> >> connected
> >> >to a different switch.  Both switches are in the same broadcast
> >> domain.
> >> >In pointers, hints on this may done would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I think one of my colleagues responded directly to the poster. We do
> > it by a daemon he wrote that monitors interface link status, and also
> > pingability of default gateways, and reconfigures interfaces in event
> > of a failure, based on the normal configuration file settings
> > (/etc/rc.conf)
> >
> > Instantly in event of link loss; after a few seconds of retrying in
> > event of router loss (we use HSRP addresses for routers.)
>
> Yes, I got a few responses including the one mentioned above.  Lack of
> time and changing priorities has prevented me from following up on
> them.  Anshuman Kanwar did mentioned he might release his solution as
> open source if there was interest.  I am at least interested in
> reviewing it.  I just need to find the time.

I would also be very interested in this.  We could write our own, but I'd
much rather burn that time working on other projects ;-).

Did Anshuman happen to mention what it's written in?  Perl? C? other?

-j


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