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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    Re: Highly available Internet connection
From:       CCCRE.CCULL () capital ! ge ! com
Date:       1997-01-31 10:38:49
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     >>Are they one on the same box or is it two different router that
     >>automatically drop to a redundancy ? Thanks.

     >>-- Joel

     i didn't get your e-mail address joel,  so i'm having to repond
     here...

     they are 2 physically seperate boxes (referring to cisco's hot standby
     protocol).  i'm not sure if they do anything like load balancing,  or
     if the split between the 2 is more static.  however,  i do know that
     when one fails,  the other one picks up it's load.  i'm working from 4
     month old memory here,  so this stuff is a little foggy....  but it
     seems like the 2 routers are seen (ip-wise) as 1 virtual router.  i
     guess each router knows the other's routing table,  but just ignores
     that portion as long as the other router is functional. if they DIDN'T
     know each others table,  and 1 of the routers failed,  there'd be a
     lag while it updated,  and i remember no perceptible lag when we
     tested these....

     chris cull
     cccre.ccull@capital.ge.com

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