Re: network enhancement

Sydney Alsobrook (alsobrsp@onsyd.com)
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:37:48 -0500


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Check out http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html it's the
Beowulf linux cluster project they have a patch that will allow multible nic
act as one through bonding (Just like two b-channels in ISDN

At 11:00 PM 3/12/98 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
>> Having to setup multiple routes is very kludgy I think even on the server
>> side. Having multiple IP's for the server is also messy because the
>
>Its not hard
>
>> It strikes me the cleanest way to do it is to just fix the way arp is
>> handled so that it remembers what interface the arp request came on and
>> sends out the arp reply on the same one. As for asking for arp's, either
>> send them on all interfaces, or send them on just one and assume the
>> switch will send it to the rest.
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>If you are going to do that you might as well just run the beowulf bonded
>ethernet patch between the server and the switch
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