On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:33:47AM +0100, Ojasi wrote: > I have some questions regarding load-sharing in the following scenario. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LAN1 > | | | > eth0 eth0 eth0 > (PC1) (PC2) (PC3) > eth1 eth1 eth1 > | | | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAN2 > > Each machine has 2 ethernet cards but single IP address. > For each machine, eth0 and eth1 are in active-active mode for load sharing and are on different LANs > In this case, how to solve the ARP problem. > I tried to look for many available solutions on net regarding this. But could not find any perfect solution. Most of the solutions offer active-standby but not active-active. > Can anyone help in this case ? how to deal with ARP problem and achieve load sharing ? Depends on what you are trying to do... The load sharing of what? If you need the loadsharing of routing, you need to configure each card with the same mac-address, and configure your switch to have a lag on those ports.... If you need to share the load of a webserver f.i., then take a look at keepalived... -- mail up 14:42, 7 users, load 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 mistar1 down 45+00:24 Let your government know you value your freedom: sign the petition: http://petition.eurolinux.org
