Hi Pieter, Pieter Temmerman schrieb: > A question regarding the sysctl parameters; > Isn't it ok to only specify 'all' as I suppose it include ALL > interfaces? > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore = 1 > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce = 2 > > Not that I did this, but it's just bothering me :) Actually the all means that the configuration of the arp_ignore and arp_announce options in general is enabled. Afterwards you then specify the options for the specific interfaces.
> Also, the property name isn't the most appropriate if you ask me. > If you say conf.eth0.arp_ignore = 1, then I understand out of it that > arp requests should be ignored on eth0. Which isn't really the case, > they should only be ignored on the alias. > Or am I totally wrong here. Logically it appears to be like that but the 1 is not exactly an on/off switch here. 1 means that the interface should only answer ARP requests for IP addresses bound to that interface. Sebastian _______________________________________________ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
