On 06/21/2012 03:39 AM, shacky wrote:> Hi.
>
> I have one server with Hetzner (www.hetzner.de), I installed a Proxmox
> VE and I activated one additional IP address and one failover IP
> address, so I have 3 IP addresses:
>
> - the main IP address (Proxmox)
> - one additional IP address (Virtual Machine)
> - one failover IP address that needs to be routed to the virtual machine
>
> Hetzner lets me to route the failover IP only to the main IP address
> and not to the additional one, so I''m thinking about installing
> Shorewall on Proxmox (main IP address) and let it forward the failover
> IP address to the additional IP address, but I am not uncertain about
> what system to use to forward it: a simple NAT or a Proxy-ARP?
>
> Could you help me, please?
IMO, proxy ARP is always preferable to NAT.
-Tom
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