[f-nsp] ServerIron config question - can this be done?

[jeffrey.arnold]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Clifton Royston wrote:

::   We are running into some minor problems on their servers, because the
:: Linux kernel is insisting on proxy-arping for the virtual IP and
:: causing some ARP conflicts.
:: 
::   <http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/docs/arp.html>
:: 
::   This is a Linux bug or serious misfeature IMHO, but there is a patch
:: the customer will apply for it as they have built a custom kernel
:: anyway.
:: 

I agree this is a horrible linux bug, and have yet to see a reasonable 
argument why it has become the default behavior for loopback interfaces 
in the 2.4 kernel. Anyone?

-jba
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