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From: Hiten Pandya <hmp@nxad.com>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:00:09PM +0200, Oldach, Helge wrote:
> > From: Bryce Edwards [mailto:bryce@bryce.net]
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 18:59
> > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> > Subject: freevrrp
> > 
> > I'm trying to run freevrrpd on a server with two interfaces 
> > for redundancy.
> 
> I would prefer a layer 2 based approach ("EtherChannel") instead because of
> the much better convergence in case of failure, and you also get load
> sharing in both directions. Bundling two or more interfaces by means of
> netgraph would probably serve the job.
> 
> Are there any off-the-shelf, i.e. native FEC solutions available?

	Have you tried the Netgraph FEC module? I donno if that's what
	you want, but worth checking out...

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