[j-nsp] Duplicate IP addresses on interfaces

[Jared Mauch]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 01:29:51PM -0400, Tony Stout wrote:
> Could this be useful in a situation where you have two links connected to
> the same downstream device with Spanning Tree running to handle link failure
> (active/passive).  That way, if the primary link fails, the standby link
> will be configured with the same address once it becomes the active link?

	No.

	You want HSRP/VRRP for those situations.

	The challenges of who responds to an ARP request and these
other layer-2 activities makes this not an ideal avenue.


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