Hi, On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 07:42:50AM +0400, Rodney McKee wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying to fail over 9 addresses between 2 firewalls using the > following send_arp syntax: > > send_arp <ext_interface> xxx.xxx.29.185 <ext_mac_addr> xxx.xxx.27.249 > ffffffffffff > and > send_arp <ext_interface> xxx.xxx.29.185 <ext_mac_addr> xxx.xxx.29.191 > ffffffffffff > > with no success. > > The networks we have are xxx.xxx.27.248/29 and xxx.xxx.29.184/29 > The default gateway is xxx.xxx.27.249 > > I had no issues with the fail-over of the xxx.xxx.27.248/29 addresses but > could not get the xxx.xxx.29.184/29 addresses to fail over at all. The > traffic for xxx.xxx.29.184/29 was still appearing appearing on the original > firewall even when the IP had been removed. > > I did have the provider flush their arp cache but weather they did it in the > right place, your guess is as good as mine.
The router which is next to your hosts should handle this. It could also be a problem with a switch, if you have one in between. It depends on the make I guess, sometimes perhaps on the firmware release. Now and again a discussion about this used to take place on this list, but it has been a long time since the last one. Maybe you can check the archives. > Am I doing something wrong and if so what? > Or is it an issue with the network providers network and what might it be? Thanks, Dejan > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Rgds > Rodney McKee > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > Linux-HA@lists.linux-ha.org > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list Linux-HA@lists.linux-ha.org http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
