Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Papezik Milon
Mike Nowlin wrote: > > > Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA > > solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials > > (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther > > someone else here who is interested in these issu

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Papezik Milon
Mike Nowlin wrote: > > > Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA > > solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials > > (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther > > someone else here who is interested in these iss

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Mike Nowlin
> Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA > solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials > (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther > someone else here who is interested in these issues, and using FreeBSD for > t

High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-07 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, David Sharp wrote: > > The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous > versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software, > add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the > fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done. T

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-07 Thread Mike Nowlin
> Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA > solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials > (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther > someone else here who is interested in these issues, and using FreeBSD for >

High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-07 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, David Sharp wrote: > > The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous > versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software, > add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the > fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done.

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-07 Thread David Sharp
be done. In message , Andrze j Bialecki writes: >Hi, > >IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to >change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem >right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very >handy

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-07 Thread David Sharp
it would be very >handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > >* which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? > >* is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig >nor in the kernel)? > >Thanks! > &g

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Barrett Richardson
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Hi, > > IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to > change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem > right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be ve

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Barrett Richardson
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Hi, > > IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to > change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem > right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be ve

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Harold Gutch
ion it would be very > handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > > * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? > > * is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig > nor in the kernel)? > I think Bil

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Marc Nicholas
e was a vivid discussion about ability to > change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem > right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very > handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > > * which

MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions f

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Harold Gutch
ion it would be very > handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > > * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? > > * is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig > nor in the kernel)? > I think Bil

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Marc Nicholas
e was a vivid discussion about ability to > change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem > right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very > handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > > * which

MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions f