On 15.12.2010 14:13, Ian Henderson wrote: > On 15/12/2010, at 1:54 AM, Garry wrote: > >> I'm really starting to >> wonder whether we're the only ones on this earth still using a dual >> switch config for our routers for redundancy purposes ... > > So you're using backup interface for two Ethernet interfaces, both facing the > same switched network? Cool - haven't seen backup interfaces since they were > used to dial ISDN terminal adaptors. Is anyone else out there doing this? Out > of curiosity, what kind of failover time do you get for IPv4? Does it swap > the MAC address too?
No, different MAC addresses ... switchover time is something like 2-3 seconds with appropriate settings on the switch port (portfast, otherwise STP would require a longer wait time until the port is enabled) -garry _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
