Have you verified your routing tables are correct? Maybe you only specified
a route out one interface and not the other, so when a NIC goes down, your
box has no way to respond.
Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dhallan R [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Two ethernet interfaces.
>
> Hi Alan,
> I tried using 2.2.14 kernel with hidden option on proc files for
> all,
> eth0 and eth1. ARP problem is gone, but that solves only half
> of my problem.
>
> My problem is :
> I can not use the two interfaces together on the same subnet, reason is
> with
> 2.2.14 kernel, if any of the interface goes down, other one
> also goes down with that. I can not do anything with other interface.
>
> What I want is, if any one interface goes down, people can connect
> to the server through other interface, through Round Robin DNS.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Regards
> Dhallan
>
>
>
> >From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dhallan R)
> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Two ethernet interfaces.
> >Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 21:06:23 +0000 (GMT)
> >
> > > Both interfaces, replies to ARP queries for their IP addresses only.
> > > But if any one goes down then only system as whole starts generating
> two
> >ARP
> > > replies, if the down interface comes up again. This thing I
> > > observed by looking into the ARP cache of the client and a snoop
> > > trace.
> >
> >A Linux box will answer an ARP query for any of its addresses on any
> port.
> >The ARP RFCs
> >dont actually say which is the right approach.
> >
> > > the Redhat machine. It always replied with the correct ARP replies.
> > >
> > > I will try with the 2.2.14 also.
> >
> >2.2.14 adds a hidden option so you can 'hide' interfaces from each other.
> >
> >Alan
> >
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