Hi Graeme, I think that is a plausible explanation. I'm sorry for my ignorance, but does this mean that the linux kernel first looks whether a requested IP address is in the same subnet as the localhost, before passing it to the routing table?
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 12:29 +0000, Graeme Fowler wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 10:41 +0100, Pieter Temmerman wrote: > > In every tutorial I have read on VLS, it stated that in order to receive > > traffic on the VIP, the real servers should have the VIP assigned to the > > lo:0 alias interface. > > > > When I do this, that particular server is unreachable and is either able > > to reach other servers in the network. When I remove the lo:0 alias, > > everything is back to normal again. > > Make sure you add the alias with a /32 netmask (255.255.255.255) or that > host will suddenly believe the whole of the LAN it resides upon is bound > to the loopback adapter. > > Graeme > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] > Send requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users _______________________________________________ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
