> * ropers <rop...@gmail.com> [2008-12-12 15:01]:
>>
>> Maybe --possibly-- my own understanding is sorely lacking. Let me try
>> to explain. The following requires a non-proportional font:
>>
(...)

>> OTOH, if you have a dedicated link, maybe your setup looks like this?
>>
>>      external network
>>     |                |
>> OpenBSD#0--------OpenBSD#1
>>     |                |
>>      internal network
>>
>> I was under the impression that it should be possible to exchange CARP
>> advertisements via the dedicated link (--------), though I have to
>> admit that I haven't actually built such a network yet -- I'm planning
>> to do that shortly. Maybe others can weigh in?

2008/12/23 Henning Brauer <lists-open...@bsws.de>:
> that would defeat carp's purpose. if, in your scenario above,
> OpenBSD#0 loses link to the external network, wouldn't you want
> OpenBSD#1 to become master?

Thanks for that. But I have a follow-up: To fully work, the OpenBSD
hosts in the above scenario need working external and internal
interfaces. So if CARP talked over the external network, that would
just test the external interfaces. OTOH, if CARP talked over the
internal network, that would just test the internal interfaces. Is
there a way for a CARPed host to detect if either its external or
internal links go down?

Please forgive the sort of stupid question, but I'm curious.

regards,
--ropers

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