[Gllug] Connecting a second Ethernet link (1 Gbps) between two servers

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Jan 20, 2008 10:23 AM, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> What's the most sensible way to do it?  My first thought is simply to
> give each end of the new connection a new IP address, but then I foresee
> endless fiddling to make sure that when one accesses the other it uses
> the right address for the fast connection.

This is what zeroconf is for :-)

> Is there a simpler way of doing this, which will ensure that all traffic
> between the two servers uses the 1 Gbps direct link, whilst all other
> traffic to or from them goes over the general network?

For this, you could set up different routes in your config.  Not sure
if zeroconf will handle all that for you though...
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