Re: NetBSD vs Microsoft NLB

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost (Stephen Borrill) writes:

>Microsoft Network Load Balancing is similar to carp(4). You have a shared 
>address which is handled by multiple hosts. Whenever there isn't an ARP 
>entry you get an error when connecting to the shared address with ftp(1). 

Wasn't Microsoft abusing a multicast MAC address for this?


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