[Nottingham] NIC MACs aliases & IP aliases

Matthew Walster matthew at walster.org
Thu Mar 26 14:50:39 UTC 2009


2009/3/25 Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk>:
> Can multiple MACs be spoofed for a single NIC?
>
> For example, can one NIC port be made to appear to be multiple physical
> ports to a network switch?

Yes. This is how networks using VRRP make sure that you have near-100%
uptime when you take the primary default gateway down.

M



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