Re: Question concerning dual-NIC configuration

2003-08-14 Thread Kenneth Culver
> Coming from a Network Engineering perspective, I'm interested in having > my servers be as redundant as possible. I have two NIC's in the > machine, so I would like for the "server" to be reachable over either > interface. > > To my mind, I would give a loopback interface an IP address that is t

RE: Question concerning dual-NIC configuration

2003-08-12 Thread Kenneth Culver
> why would ya want to route lo1 127.0.0.1 to a 192.x.x. address ??? > seems to me that there are to many system side processes that listen or > ocmmunicate thru that...giving access or routing that traffic to a > internal address ...doesnt seem to smart to me. > -- > > I wouldn't; I was using that

RE: Question concerning dual-NIC configuration

2003-08-08 Thread Michael K. Smith
why would ya want to route lo1 127.0.0.1 to a 192.x.x. address ??? seems to me that there are to many system side processes that listen or ocmmunicate thru that...giving access or routing that traffic to a internal address ...doesnt seem to smart to me. -- I wouldn't; I was using that as an exam

Re: Question concerning dual-NIC configuration

2003-08-08 Thread Kenneth Culver
> why would ya want to route lo1 127.0.0.1 to a 192.x.x. address ??? > seems to me that there are to many system side processes that listen or > ocmmunicate thru that...giving access or routing that traffic to a > internal address ...doesnt seem to smart to me. This is basically what I just said.