is carp on if_bridge possible?

[Niki Denev]

On Dec 14, 2007 12:37 PM, Niki Denev <nike_d at cytexbg.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 14, 2007 5:31 AM, Bruce M. Simpson <bms at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > Niki Denev wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is this possible?
> > > I've tried adding IFT_BRIDGE next to IFT_ETHER and IFT_L2VLAN in ip_carp.c
> > > but this probably is not enough. Any ideas?
> > >
> >
> > CARP is 'special' in that it needs to add its own MAC addresses to your
> > interface, needs a bit of special cooperation between the IP layer and
> > the MAC layer, and it's more than likely that this doesn't work with
> > if_bridge.
> >
> > Like Max says, this is an unusual configuration.... what are you trying
> > to do?
> >
> > BMS
> >
> >
>
> I'm trying to setup a highly redundant configuration of
> two routers and two rstp capable switches behind them.
> Each of the router is connected to each of the switches,
> and it's two interfaces are part of a bridge group.
> this way i can handle router and/or switch failure without
> disconnecting the site.
> The problem is that this a remote site which must not go offline by
> any means, and thus the unusual setup.
>
> Hope that this explains it.
>
> Niki
>


Maybe using bridge with rstp for failover was not the best idea, and i
switched to if_lagg
and if_carp on top of it.
It seems to work properly and is exactly what i wanted to achieve.

Thanks,
Niki