Hello,
I am looking at using linux-based routers as packet filtering firewalls.
For redundancy, I'm looking for some sort of solution similar to that of
Cisco's HSRP implemntation, that will allow me to have 2 linux pc's running
at the same time, with one as the primary, and the other set to take over
the load if the primary fails.
Basically, with Cisco HSRP (hot standby router protocol), you configure one
router's internal interface as 192.168.1.1, the other as 192.168.1.2, and
then tell both routers that they will be sharing 192.168.1.3 as an hsrp
virtual router IP (even with a virtual MAC addr). I also want to enjoy the
configuration flexibility of being ablt to tell .1 that it is the preferred,
so that if .1 goes down, .2 will take over, but if .1 comes back up, .2 will
relinquish control back to .1
In this manner, I can simply configure all hosts on 192.168.1.0/24 to use
192.168.1.3 as their default router, and they will suffer no loss of
connectivity if one of the routers fails.
Does anyone know of such a solution? Thanks!
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