Re: [m0n0wall] Duplicating traffic to two servers and rerouting traffic dynamically

From:	Fred Weston <fred dot weston at daytonawan dot com>
To:	Melvin Backus <mbackus at bellsouth dot net>
Cc:	Sam Stauffacher <sam at wuzzysoftware dot com>, m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] Duplicating traffic to two servers and rerouting traffic dynamically
Date:	Sat, 01 May 2004 00:32:01 -0400

Melvin Backus wrote:

> Sounds like precisely one of the reasons clustering would be used.  
> The cluster has 1 IP address and handles all the other stuff for you.  
> Not quite the answer you're looking for I suspect, but a possible 
> solution depending on your environment.

Right, instead of asking the firewall to do it, it would be better and probably easier as well to
have the OS do it, since some sort of clustering/load balancing is probably already built in.

Fred Weston
DaytonaWAN Networks, Inc.
www.DaytonaWAN.com