Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:30:50 -0800 From: Steve Francis <steve@expertcity.com> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mitch@ccmr.cornell.edu> Cc: David J Duchscher <daved@tamu.edu>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Redundant NIC/Connections Message-ID: <3E1244CA.60702@expertcity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212311913480.11337-100000@saruman.ccmr.cornell.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212311913480.11337-100000@saruman.ccmr.cornell.edu>
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Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, 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. > > > Hmm... no responses posted to date. 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.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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