Re: Need help with loadbalancer concepts/setup

[Malcolm Turnbull <Malcolm.Turnbull@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was trying to help Søren out with the arp problem...
But he says RedHat 8 doesn't support hidden interfaces ?
Whats the easy work around for this ?

Does Horms Ultra Monkey Kernel have the hidden interface capability ?
I don't use Red Hat much since they went 'not strictly free' :-(.



Søren Neigaard wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Turnbull [mailto:Malcolm.Turnbull@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 30. april 2003 15:32
> To: Søren Neigaard
> Subject: Re: Need help with loadbalancer concepts/setup
>
>
> > This is the procedure for hidding the real servers lo interface with
> the 
>
> > vip on it :
>
> > # Start the hiding interface functionality
> > echo 1 >  /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/hidden
>
> > # Hide all addresses for this interface
> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/hidden
>
> > # Now configure the VIP
> > ifconfig lo:1 VIP netmask 255.255.255.255
>
> Uh this is not so easy... :)
>
> If I do a: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/hidden
>
> I get:
>
> -bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/hidden: No such file or directory
>
> And the samne with: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/hidden
>
> I get:
>
> -bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/hidden: No such file or directory
>
> What does that mean? This hidden interface is NOT in the standard
> kernel, should I install the:
>
> http://www.ultramonkey.org/download/2.0.1/rh.8.0/RPMS/kernel-2.4.18-27.8
> .0.um.1.athlon.rpm
>
> Kernel (I have a Athlon)?
>
> Best regards
> Søren

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Malcolm Turnbull.

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