> > > If you are using a switch you should use FEC or VLANs.
> > > Yes I know there switches out there without that features
> but if you
> > > want more performance then use hardware that can do the
> job you need.
> >
> > Could you please point me to some howto for FEC on FreeBSD ?
>
> See the list archive - theres a Netgraph implementation for FreeBSD
> available.
I tried the -stable version of the module,
but it panicks if you touch underlying fxp0.
> > I need to connect my server to two redundant switches
> > (=> two connection, two cards, one logical interface, one
> ifconfig, ...).
>
> FEC bundles ethernet channels between the same devices.
> That doesn't help you in a multi switch case.
> AFAIK you can't tell a switched network that a single MAC is connected
> to more than one switch. Switches are beleaving to see a loop and
> disable one port.
We use such setup with our Sun machines and Cisco switched and it seems
to work fine (i.e. it fails over if one switch is powered-off).
Note: ports on both switches are in the same network/natmask.
I am looking for similar solution for FreeBSD as it is otherwise
difficult to defend use of FreeBSD as an optional (also reliable ) platform.
Thanks in advance,
Milon
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