Virtual IP and Load Balancing?

["Allen, Stu" <sallen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
We're in the process of changing our Lan over from TokenRing to Ethernet.
I've got two ethernet cards in the 400 (2838's), and want to set them up to
load balance/failover.
I want one IP address for the lan users to connect to (192.1.26.5 - set in
their HOSTS file), that will split the load between cards, and if possible
automatically switch to the other card if there is a problem..

I've set up lines ETHERLAN and ETHERLAN2, and after reading the "More cool
things..." redbook have set interfaces up as follows:

Internet address . . . . . . 192.1.26.5     
Subnet mask  . . . . . . . . 255.255.255.255 
Line description . . . . . . *VIRTUALIP 
Line type  . . . . . . . . . *NONE   
Associated local interface . *NONE 
Type of service  . . . . . . *NORMAL  
Maximum transmission unit  . *16388     

Internet address . . . . . . 192.1.26.6     
Subnet mask  . . . . . . . . 255.255.255.0 
Line description . . . . . . ETHERLAN  
Line type  . . . . . . . . . *ELAN   
Associated local interface . 192.1.26.5 
Type of service  . . . . . . *NORMAL  
Maximum transmission unit  . *LIND     
    

Internet address . . . . . . 192.1.26.7     
Subnet mask  . . . . . . . . 255.255.255.0 
Line description . . . . . . ETHERLAN2 
Line type  . . . . . . . . . *ELAN   
Associated local interface . 192.1.26.5 
Type of service  . . . . . . *NORMAL  
Maximum transmission unit  . *LIND

However, I'm not convinced that this is doing what i want it to do.  Has
anyone tried to set up this scenario, and how did you do it?

Regards,
Stuart
                                                             
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst,  Fellowes
mailto:sallen@fellowes.com



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