[lug] Two NICs, one IP

[George Sexton]

Well that was clever replying on the wrong thread. More COFFEE!

George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
http://www.mhsoftware.com/
Voice: 303 438 9585
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of George Sexton
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:35 AM
> To: 'Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [lug] Two NICs, one IP
> 
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> 
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
> http://www.mhsoftware.com/
> Voice: 303 438 9585
>   
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
> > [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Jeff Schroeder
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2:38 PM
> > To: Linux Users Group
> > Subject: [lug] Two NICs, one IP
> > 
> > Hey all--
> > 
> > I manage a Linux server for a client, and he has asked me to set 
> > things up so the server will be able to withstand the failure of a 
> > physical cable on the LAN.  The server has two NICs (eth0 
> and eth1, in
> > Linuxspeak) and he wants both to have the same IP address.
> > 
> > I don't believe this is possible, since the box won't know where to 
> > route outgoing packets (eth0? eth1? both?), and I've seen instances 
> > where a network interface won't even come up if the system thinks 
> > there's another machine with that IP on the network.
> > 
> > However, before I tell him it isn't possible, I wanted to 
> confirm it 
> > with the group here.  I don't have any hard-and-fast 
> documentation to 
> > support my claim, but it just doesn't seem right to me.  Can anyone 
> > tell me for sure that it's not possible?  Or, if it is, how 
> to do it 
> > properly?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Jeff
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