Re: Blocking ARP response

From: Damir Cosic (damir@fatpipeinc.com)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 10:24:22 EST


George Bonser wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Damir Cosic wrote:
>
> >
> > I need to filter ARP packets. I have two boxes, primary ( P )
> > and backup ( B ). When P goes down, B takes over and changes
> > its IP address to P's. But when P comes up again it will send
> > gratuitous ARP and if I don't do anything, B will respond with
> > its own ethernet address. What I want here to happen is that B
> > detects P's ARP request, doesn't respond to it and change its
> > IP address back to the original one.
>
> > Any idea would be appreciated!
>
> Uhm, get heartbeat from
>
> http://linux-ha.org/

George,

thanks for the pointer. That is beauty of linux that there is so many
things already written and you just have to put pieces together.

damir

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