Subject: Re: High availability under NetBSD (automatic wakeup for the moment).
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/05/2006 19:20:49
In article <20060705144114.84332.qmail@web31106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
Laurent FAILLIE  <l_faillie@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>under Solaris, it's possible to tell to an ultra sparc
>to wake up at a certain time. Is it possible to do the
>same thing with an SS5 or SS20 under NetBSD 2.1 or
>NetBSD 3.0 ?
>
>Under Linux, a command named EtherWake allow to wakeup
>thru it's Ethernet card.
>Is it a counter part under NetBSD ?
>Is ethernet wakeup available on Sparc classic or Ultra
>Sparc machine ?
>
>I'm planning to do a simple High Availability
>mechanisme for my web site :
>* one or two time a week, my second machine will
>automaticaly wake up and do a mirror of the main one.
>* If it detect this machine is not up & running, it
>will handle HTTP request.
>Hum, is it possible to have 2 IP adresses linked to a
>single Ethernet adapter under NetBSD ?

Yes. ifconfig alias

christos