Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:57:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:57:21 -0500 Received: from zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.157]:44459 "EHLO zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:57:09 -0500 Message-ID: <3BDDDF6A.B823F5C3@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:59:54 -0500 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: "Christopher Friesen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-custom i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: willy tarreau Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ethernet NIC dual homing In-Reply-To: <20011029222609.81860.qmail@web20501.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Orig: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org willy tarreau wrote: > the 2.4 driver provides a mode which sends ARP packets > to test the link (far more reliable than MII), and the > appropriate ioctl for the NIC switch-over you need. It > is available to user through ifenslave -c bond0 eth0 > for example. Are there issues with using MII to detect link state? I thought it was fairly reliable... How are you using arp packets to detect if the link is up? Sending it out to your own MAC address? Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/