From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jan 2 4:20:44 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F401B37B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 04:20:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pasiphae.parad.net (pcp991894pcs.nchrls01.sc.comcast.net [68.59.35.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E21CE43EC5 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 04:20:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdisher@parad.net) Received: from localhost (jdisher@localhost) by pasiphae.parad.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h02CKea20855 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 07:20:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 07:20:40 -0500 (EST) From: Jonathan Disher X-X-Sender: jdisher@pasiphae To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Redundant NIC/Connections In-Reply-To: <02B3D733-1E07-11D7-9808-0003930B3DA4@tamu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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