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Re: HELP: Arp Problem

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Subject: Re: HELP: Arp Problem
From: "Bjoern Metzdorf" <bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:13:48 +0100
Hi,

> 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...

yes.

> 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...

No, the problem is, as Julian pointed out, that on 2.2+ eth0 also replies to
arp requests, which are directed to the eth1 ip.

You need to use the hidden-device-patch from Julian to solve that problem,
no matter what your VIP-device is ("real" nic, or eth-alias).

greets
Bjoern




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