On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:15:05AM +0200, P-O Yliniemi wrote:
> >
> Thanks for this quick and easy solution. So instead of the old way of
> configuring CARP (multiple interfaces with the same address on each
> machine), we will have to use carpnodes, which when explained is much
> more simple to set up.
>
> The problem I still have is that the traffic to the hosts are not
> balanced, just redundant (if "a" goes down, "b" will take over). The
> final set up will be a bit more complex (if I am able to get it working):
With how many clients on the same subnet are you testing?
Citing carp(4):
The ARP load balancing has some limitations. Firstly, ARP balancing
only works on the local network segment. It cannot balance traffic that
crosses a router, because the router itself will always be balanced to
the same carpnode.
Depending on your setup you could try IP balancing.
HTH,
Marco
