Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:40:22 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: gtg062h@mail.gatech.edu Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Greg Hennessy <Greg.Hennessy@nviz.net>, freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Carp Suppression Message-ID: <20050613174022.GA988@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <7c8f27920506131035841d5d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <7c8f2792050613090040c924c3@mail.gmail.com> <20050613165202.51063DA@gw2.local.net> <7c8f27920506131035841d5d0@mail.gmail.com>
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--FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 01:35:12PM -0400, Josh Kayse wrote: > On 6/13/05, Greg Hennessy <Greg.Hennessy@nviz.net> wrote: > > > We then use > > > ifstaded to monitor the carp interfaces and shut down > > > bridging on one of the machines. > >=20 > > Spanning tree is a no brainer for such a setup, pfsync takes care of the > > rest. > >=20 > We did not want to go with STP because it would not be a self > contained solution. Now we can use these firewalls anywhere without > having to modify any routers, just plug them in inline and it is set.=20 > We also wanted to stick with FreeBSD because we have a knowledgebase > already set up for it and we know how to use it. Unfortunately, there > is no support for STP in freebsd bridging. Yes, I had already looked > into using pfsync and STP, we also considered just using scripts. FYI, we have STP via if_bridge in 6.x. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCrcUFXY6L6fI4GtQRAjX0AKCLj6msFZs4G4rly1LOn2BbElTfMACaAj2Y 4uClrUNSqmQwh9S6yFqD4As= =6XH+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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