[Fwbuilder-discussion] Split firewalls to same MAC address

[Stephe C. <cam...@cn...>]

I have a web server running with multiple IP aliases running on the same
physical NIC, so they have the same MAC address but different IPs assigned.
DNS points to these virtual web hosts by IP address. Can I run one of the
aliases through one firewall and run another alias through a different
firewall? I believe I can set up each alias with a different gateway
(firewall) but will I have trouble with identical MAC addresses on two
different firewalls? This seems crazy, in a way, but this would allow me to
ensure at least one web site is running if one firewall crashes until I get
the other web site moved to the new firewall. (Thanks to firewall builder,
this is a simple task).

Any thoughts on this concept? And thanks very much.

Steve Campbell
cam...@cn...
Charleston Newspapers