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Re: arping patch

To: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: arping patch
Cc: ard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:05:40 -0500
Ard van Breemen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I sent the attached patch to the maintainer/developer of arping.  But
> since it is not a big patch, a new snap shot is not made available yet.
> The patch is against the snapshot of november 2000.
> 
> It adds the following capability:
> arping -b -I eth0 {virtual_ip},
> and responds with all hosts that have this ip.
> (Allright, now I need something that converts the mac to the primary ip)
> If you are using lvs-direct-routing, in a setup that you do not need
> arp reply prevention, it is a welcome utility.

thanks.
I assume the -b is broadcast?

I have arping from a while ago (May 2000 is when I compiled it). It gives
me all the MAC addresses of my real-servers in the first round and then
keeps replying with the last address. I assume your patch fixes this?

Joe

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Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA


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