misc/117000: CARP using address-less host NIC (carpdev)

[Remko Lodder]

The following reply was made to PR misc/117000; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Remko Lodder <remko at FreeBSD.org>
To: Scott Brickey <Me at SBrickey.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/117000: CARP using address-less host NIC (carpdev)
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:11:01 +0200

 Scott Brickey wrote:
 >> Environment:
 > FreeBSD host.domain 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #0: Mon Jul  2 20:09:36 EDT 2007     sullrich at builder6.pfsense.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense.6  i386
 >> Description:
 > OpenBSD calls it the "carpdev" option... it allows the host NIC to remain ip-less, and as a result allows CARP to be utilized when only a single IP is available.
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > try to utilize CARP when you've only got a single address to use.
 >> Fix:
 > use OpenBSD
 > 
 
 Hello,
 
 Perhaps I am ignorant or something but what exactly is the problem?
 You want to use CARP but something goes wrong clearly; but it's not
 clear to me what goes wrong. I have to admit that I never played
 with Carp and dont know it's details at all; so that might be a
 part of the reason I dont understand.
 
 If you want proper help, please be more clear about your problem.
 
 Cheers,
 remko
 
 
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