In the last episode (Jun 26), Brian A. Seklecki said: > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:36 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > ethernet load balancing or trunking that use the Cisco's > > > etherchannel ) ? > > > > lagg > > Very cool. > > Two questions: > > 1) "fec" and "lacp" must be used against the same physical switch, > correct?
Yes. The lagg device is strictly to convert multiple links between two devices to a single logical one. You can't build a mesh out of a bunch of switches or anything like that. > 2) What is the deterministic logic behind active/standby for > "failover"? A heartbeat on the segment or physical interface state > change? All the protocols use link state, and lacp additionally sends its configuration packets every 30 seconds. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"