> One of the purposes of changing the MAC address is for server > redundancy. > > Suppose that one of your "important" servers went down. Wouldn't it > be nice for the alternative server (a mirror) to get the "important" > server's MAC address (and IP address(es), and AppleTalk address, etc.), > so the client's ARP caches don't have to timeout before they can > access the "important" server again (aka the mirror)?
Ahhh... Dan Eischen [email protected] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
