I have created a table that synthesize the various possibilities offered by the various types of VIPs…
"VIPs dans même sous réseau que l’interface" means VIPs in the same subnet as interface. Do you have any comment on this table ? Type Services Forward Traf. L2 Clustering VIPs dans même sous réseau que l’interface ICMP CARP Oui Oui Oui Oui Nécessaire Oui Proxy ARP Non Oui Oui Non Pas nécessaire Non Other Non Oui Non Non Pas nécessaire Non IP Alias Oui Oui Non Non Pas nécessaire Oui Le 17 mars 2011 à 13:34, Jim Pingle a écrit : > On 3/17/2011 8:29 AM, bsd wrote: >> I wanted to know what was the difference between IP Alias and Other in VIPs >> ? >> What does IP Alias do technically speaking ? >> >> It is not very clear to me. > > IP Alias is just that, an IP Alias in FreeBSD. It is an actual > additional IP address defined directly on the network card. It can be > used for anything -- listening for services, port forwards, outbound > nat, 1:1 nat, etc. It lets you actually address and talk to multiple > subnets on a single card if the Alias is in a different subnet. > > "Other" type VIPs are just placeholders. The work for those is done by > the upstream gear routing a subnet to an IP on your firewall, and the > "Other" type VIPs just let you use those IPs for NAT. > > Jim > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ---------> Grégory Bernard Director <--------- ---------------> www.osnet.eu <--------------- --> Your provider of OpenSource appliances <-- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetO
