Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 06:51:05 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "John W. Kitz" <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> Cc: <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to change MAC address on RPI-B? Message-ID: <20161110065105.77a19e3b@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <005701d23a7d$71400630$53c01290$@Kitz@xs4all.nl> References: <005701d23a7d$71400630$53c01290$@Kitz@xs4all.nl>
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Hi, On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 12:35:56 +0100 "John W. Kitz" <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> wrote: > To the best of my recollection at the time there was no need > whatsoever to configure these NICs into promiscuous mode, which in you need this for fault-tolerant computing. A machine or a device with a known goes down, the failure will be detected and another device or machine is configured to take over the other's task by also taking over the other's MAC address. The communication partners will only a delay but not a failure. Erich
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