Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:07 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, eugen@kuzbass.ru, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: lagg(4) and failover Message-ID: <20080812120307.GD64458@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <cf39e420dc78dbab1f2848a24cedfc34@localhost> References: <E1KSs4q-000AVN-4d@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <cf39e420dc78dbab1f2848a24cedfc34@localhost>
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--GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Aug-12 13:43:29 +0200, Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> wrote: >> lagg is to handle failover at the physical layer for when one of your >> ether ports fails, or someone unplugs a cable. If I understand you >> >Thats unfortunate... I tend to agree. >bonding in Linux is capable of doing this and solaris too. It shouldn't be too difficult to create something that behaves functionally similarly to Slowaris ipmpd (and with marginally more effort, you could create something that could be configured to behave sensibly). --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkihe/sACgkQ/opHv/APuIdftwCeODoFTYnXDvG6Hh85GI2mvgjC Uk0An0DZ9ujY1ECAAOX/QBQweYa18UR9 =cbi2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p--
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