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Ip failover use main address


sb4100
11-03-2011, 09:48
Thanks very much I will defiantly look into these, and the one you offer.
thanks

RichardWnl
10-03-2011, 20:15
I believe your eth0 interface file should look
like this one:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
netmask 255.255.255.0
network xxx.xxx.xxx.0
broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255
gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.254

Replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with your failover IP

marks
10-03-2011, 18:40
yeap, VM (Virtual Machine) or VPS (Virtual Private Server) , as you prefer.

We offer the VMware Server 1.0 distribution for free. But other free distributions for virtualizations are: Proxmox and Citrix Xen Server

sb4100
10-03-2011, 17:59
Hi, thanks for the reply, VM is it virtual machine?, if so what one do you recommend for a linux system
thanks

marks
09-03-2011, 14:33
Quote Originally Posted by sb4100
Hi, I have successfully set up ipfailover on my server, im just wondering how I can use that address they gave me, as the main address instead of the French IP they give me, such as if I was to go to a what's my IP web page it would display the ipfailover address instead of the French IP. is it possible or not?

thanks any help would be appreciated
don't think that's possible at all. Or certainly, it would be very complicated.

Maybe the most similar configuration would be to set the IP failover on a VM and use it to browse to "what's my IP" site.

But the default French IP of the servers has to stay there (the monitoring system uses it among others)

sb4100
09-03-2011, 13:54
Thank you, I did look but didn't see any thing relevant, thanks

Myatu
08-03-2011, 20:10
You can't remove the main address, so instead you need to force outgoing data to use the failover IP address.

A bit of an old question really, so the answer can be found in this forum with a search. Here's one topic with several options: http://forum.ovh.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2311

sb4100
08-03-2011, 19:18
Hi, I have successfully set up ipfailover on my server, im just wondering how I can use that address they gave me, as the main address instead of the French IP they give me, such as if I was to go to a what's my IP web page it would display the ipfailover address instead of the French IP. is it possible or not?

thanks any help would be appreciated