> One of the purposes of changing the MAC address is for server
> redundancy.
> 
> Suppose that one of your "important" servers went down.  Wouldn't it
> be nice for the alternative server (a mirror) to get the "important"
> server's MAC address (and IP address(es), and AppleTalk address, etc.),
> so the client's ARP caches don't have to timeout before they can
> access the "important" server again (aka the mirror)?

Ahhh...

Dan Eischen
eisc...@vigrid.com


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