Try running a routing protocol and redundancy will be automatic even with RIP and you can have two different addresses
Simon On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 00:08, Edwin Fung wrote: > Hi Nathalie, > > It is OK to use the same ethernet address on both cards. However, you > don't want them (i.e. the 2 ethernet cards) to be up (or active) at the > same time, since that would confuse whoever on your machine is using the > network about which network interface (should one use eth0 or eth1?). Make > sure that you only have one ethernet card to be in the "up" state. You can > use the ifconfig command to set a network interface to be either "up" or > "down". You can accomplish the same by setting the interface "active" or > "inactive" by using the GUI "Network Configuration" (Gnome -> Programs-> > System -> Network Configuration). > > Suppose you have eth0 "up" but eth1 "down". If eth0 does indeed fail, you > simply bring eth0 down, and then bring eth1 up, again using the ifconfig > command or the "Network Configuration" GUI. This is not "automatic", but I > think it should work well enough in most cases. If you're worry about the > network card going down during the off-hours (evenings, weekends) then > write a cron job to periodically check the active network interface (e.g. > if you can ping some known computer in your network), and if the network is > not responding, then use ifconfig to switch network cards. > > ... Edwin > > At 09:21 AM 10/3/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Hello all, > > > >I have a RH7.1 box with 2 ethernet cards. > >I need to implement redundancy on the network: in case one of the eth > >cards fails, the second will automatically replace it with the same IP (No > >DNS redundancy). > > > >Is it sufficient to give both cards the same IP address? > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Regards > > > >Nathalie > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
