Need Help Setting up IP Failover
I did the following on ServerA and ServerB:
Server A (34.56.78.90) IP failover set to be allowed on ServerB (12.345.6.78) using the Linode admin panel
Edited Server B /etc/network/interfaces:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 12.345.6.78
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 12.34.56.1
# ServerA fail over IP
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 34.56.78.90
netmask 255.255.255.0
on Server B
/etc/init.d/networking restart
On Server A
ifdown eth0
On Server B
ifup eth0:1
On Server B - I am receiving 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% unanswered (0 extra) on this command
arping -I eth0:1 '34.56.78.90' -uc 5
At the end, I still cannot reach 34.56.78.90 publicly. Is this how IP Failover is used or am I getting this all wrong? Any hints would be appreciated!
Regards
Simon