Re: HELP: Arp Problem

[Jean Paul Piccato <j.piccato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseph Mack wrote:
> 
> Julian Anastasov wrote:
> >
> 
> > > I've to handle the ARP problem so I've put two NIC on the two
> > > realservers...
> >
> >         Please, don't do it in this way. This works may be only with
> > Linux 2.0. For 2.2+ you need specific kind of ARP control:
> 
> that straightens me out a bit. Does the ARP control require the
> hidden patch (in which case there's no point to an extra NIC)
> or can I do it with an unmodified kernel?
> 
> Joe

Maybe I've not understand something reading documentation but...
If I use kernel prior to 2.2 I can setup VIP to lo or dummy0 and 
I've not need of an extra NIC nor kernel patches...
For 2.2+ I need specific kind of ARP control and so I'm using 2 NIC on
realsevers as
explained in the HOW-TO...

Jean Paul