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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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