High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, David Sharp wrote: The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software, add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done.

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Mike Nowlin
Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther someone else here who is interested in these issues, and using FreeBSD for

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Papezik Milon
Mike Nowlin wrote: Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther someone else here who is interested in these issues, and

High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, David Sharp wrote: The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software, add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done.

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Mike Nowlin
Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther someone else here who is interested in these issues, and using FreeBSD for that?

Re: High Availability (Re: MAC takeover )

1999-09-08 Thread Papezik Milon
Mike Nowlin wrote: Another issue: I was recently involved in a project which required HA solutions (that's why I asked]. I gathered a lot of ideas and materials (and perhaps some code if that company agrees to release it). Is ther someone else here who is interested in these issues, and

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-07 Thread David Sharp
it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? * is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig nor in the kernel)? Thanks! Andrzej Bialecki // ab...@webgiro.com

MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Marc Nicholas
discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: * which cards support it (that have FreeB

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Harold Gutch
to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? * is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig nor in the kernel)? I think Bill Paul wrote a tool to do that - you could try out http

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Barrett Richardson
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover

MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Marc Nicholas
ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Harold Gutch
to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: * which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? * is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig nor in the kernel)? I think Bill Paul wrote a tool to do that - you could try out http

Re: MAC takeover

1999-09-02 Thread Barrett Richardson
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: Hi, IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very handy to do MAC takeover