By 'fault detection' I also meant cable disconnection. What kind of system fail ? If the system hangs and nothing works, why worry about networking ? Shmulik. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis [mailto:dennis@etinc.com] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:10 PM To: Hen, Shmulik; linux-net@vger.kernel.org Cc: 'Mario Mikocevic' Subject: RE: network redudancy pointer needed At 04:36 AM 02/25/2001, Hen, Shmulik wrote: >Hi, > >If both your adapters are Intel 8255x adapters, I suggest you look here - >http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/ans/linux/linansoverview.h t >m > >You get automatic fault detection and failover from the designated primary >adapter to the backup adapter. When link is restored, traffic will return to >the first adapter automatically. You also get adaptive load balancing and >support for EtherChannel link aggregation for the same price (which is zero >;-). Do ethernet adapters fail that often? What about when the system fails? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
