Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> OK, now maybe I'm missing something here. But an Ethernet address is
> used to identify a board. Arp binds it to an IP address. An IP
> address is bound to a network. So if you're on a different network,
> you get a different IP address. Why do you need the same Ethernet
> address?
>
> This is very different from having two boards on the same network,
> both with the same Ethernet address. As I observed earlier, that does
> make sense, but it's a hot standby situation. I can't see any point
> in arranging for both of them to accept or send data.
Redundancy and throughput both. Most switches can do this; using
two physical ports as one logical link. Think of it as network
link striping.
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