I had to make this change for the same reason you described in your email and I have seen no problems with this (NG FP3 Cluster), although Checkpoint does recommend that you place each cluster into a separate VLAN or switch/hub for the synchronization network, thereby eliminating the need for the "magic" number change.
Chris Burton Network Engineer Walt Disney Internet Group: Network Services The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact Walt Disney Internet Group at 206-664-4000. -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Brown Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW-1] virtual mac address Has anyone changed the virtual mac address of a cluster, and if so, have they seen any issues ? bit of background; for reasons of hardware constraints, I have two clusters patched to the same vlan, and as the virtual mac appears as 00:00:00:00:FE:00/01 for my two cluster members. However, this is the same for both clusters and it causes the cisco switches to spot the same mac on different ports and complain, and possibly misdirect traffic, so I'd like to fix it. I'm going to change the fwha_mac_magic parameter to 00xfc on one cluster pair, but was curious if anyone else had done so. thanks, ian Ian Brown Senior Network Analyst OAG Worldwide Church Street Dunstable Bedfordshire United Kingdom LU5 4HB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some worlds collide, others rarely meet ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
