Questions tagged [multi-homed]

The multihomed / multi-homed tag is for a single PC or server with multiple NICs connected to different networks or multiple vLans on a single NIC. Multiple NICs can present unique challenges and expose the sysAdmin to unexpected routing, even make a machine less secure.

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Best solution for Multi-WAN failover (inside & out)? [closed]

Looking for a way to setup 2 ISPs in failover mode, for both incoming & outgoing traffic, for our small (<100 devices) network. The leading contender for now seems to be the Peplink Balance ...
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Simple Multihomed Linux Server Issue

I have a Linux server running CentOS 6.4 that is used as an iSCSI target. The server is multi-homed with two NICs, both on the same subnet. iSCSI multipathing takes care of the load-balancing/failover,...
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Sharing same IP across two NICs, to route one IP over dedicated NIC

I have a few hosts connected to the same switch, which are all on the same subnet (10.0.0.0/16). Two of these hosts have faster network interfaces so I have connected them together, meaning these two ...
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Can't reach multi-homed Ubuntu from different subnet

I have a multi-homed Ubuntu 12.04 server. I have two network interfaces connected to two different IP ranges. 2: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen ...
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