You need to set net.inet.ip.check_interface=0 John David Duncan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > There's a load balancing configuration known as direct server return > (DSR), in which packets pass from the client through the load balancer to > the server, but then the replies from the server go directly to the client > (bypassing the load balancer). The way this works is that the load > balancer sends the server an IP packet with the virtual IP address as its > destination addr, inside an ethernet frame whose destination is the real > MAC addr of the server. The server replies with a normal packet using the > VIP as the source addr. > > The usual way to configure a BSD box to work this way is to bring up the > VIP as an alias on the loopback address, like this: > ifconfig lo0 add 1.2.3.4 netmask 0xffffff00 > > As far as I can tell from my testing, this trick just doesn't work on my > box running -CURRENT. In tcpdump I see packets coming in but none > going out. > > Does anybody know why, or what I would have to do to change the behavior? > > - JD > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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