Re: send_arp

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:35:52AM -0300, Guilherme Dal Pizzol wrote:
> Is it possible to run send_arp as a service in heartbeat configuration?
> 
> Sometimes my router interface get stuck and it does not update the arp 
> table when the service is doing a failover. The lan interface complete 
> freezes and when it backs to service the arp entry is not pointing to the 
> right place (it is still pointing to the primary server, until the entry is 
> squashed).

Yes that is possible. Actually, my original design for the predecesor
of IPaddr did just that. Just be wary of half-dead nodes that
are stuck running send_arp forever. Stonith might not be such a bad idea
here.

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