* Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-06 18:56]: > Well, turns out that *I* am the one who is being stupid here. I was > fairly uncertain after hitting send, but since nobody objected I thought > it might be correct after all. > > ARP level load balancing, as it's called in the manual, does have the > above limitation (obviously). Straight CARP is an IP protocol, though, > and crosses routers just fine. > > Sorry for the misinformation!
you are still confuzzled. CARP ARP loadbalancing works just fine crossing SWITCHES as well*, as well as any other layer 2 device. CARP, with or without loadbalancing, does not work across ROUTERS (i. e. layer 3 devices) *well, there might be issues with some switches, but in theory it should just work. -- BS Web Services, http://www.bsws.de/ OpenBSD-based Webhosting, Mail Services, Managed Servers, ... Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
