On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 01:17:19PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> but we check our switches ( HP 2824 ) and my networker says that we have old
> revision of firmware inside.
> we will update this at monday and that we test it again.
I don't think that's necessary. It's not a bug in the switch.
> is the link2 option an replacement for link1 ?
no, you need link0,link1,link2
Just like it's written in the manual...
> holger
>
> Quoting from carp(4):
>
> Please note that activating stealth mode on a carp interface that has al-
> ready been running might not work instantly. As a workaround the VHID
> can be changed to a previously unused one, or just wait until the MAC
> table entry in the switch times out.
>
> Some Layer-3 switches do port learning based on ARP packets. Therefore
> the stealth mode cannot hide the virtual MAC address from these kind of
> devices. In such cases, carp can be told to use a multicast MAC address
> by additionally enabling the link2 flag.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There's work in progress to make the configuration easier.
However, sometimes I wonder why we bother to write manuals that no one reads.
