RE: RH and arp - why not just hack ifup?

["Francois JEANMOUGIN" <Francois.JEANMOUGIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:50:57AM +0800, Christopher DeMarco wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Why not   just comment out the  bits  of ifup that  invoke  arp(8) and
> > > arping(8)?
> 
> for my 0.02$
> 
> http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/mini-HOWTO/LVS-mini-HOWTO.html#ifup

Note that RH does NOT use ifup at startup (as far as I know, the 
/etc/init.d/network script is using the good old ifconfig). So, ifup is a 
problem only if you (dynamically) add a new realserver to an existing pool of 
realservers.

François.