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List:       openbsd-bugs
Subject:    Re: carp(4) claims ARP balancing uses source IP rather than MAC address
From:       Marco Pfatschbacher <mpf () mailq ! de>
Date:       2007-09-17 21:49:33
Message-ID: 20070917214933.GA6857 () mailq ! de
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:58:27PM -0500, Matthew Dempsky wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:48:59AM +0200, Marco Pfatschbacher wrote:
> > Carp(4) indeed uses the source IP for ARP balancing.
[...]
> Therefore, I concluded carp(4)'s ARP balancing uses the source's MAC 
> address rather than IP address for load balancing.
> 
> What did I miss?

Nothing, it used to be the source IP, but I simply didn't recall this change:

 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet/ip_carp.c.diff?r1=1.112&r2=1.113

Your diff is correct.

 Thank you :)

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