Fair enough. I'll accept that.
If you have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multihomed
it does allow that there are several things loosely considered to be multi-homed.
However, in the 3rd definition "Multiple Links, Single IP address (Space)", it says "This is what in general is meant with Multihoming" and that is the definition I have always gone by.
In short, if you aren't doing BGP, you aren't multi-homed, but as with most things that people don't understand well the term has been diluted.
Just like calling a home Linksys firewall a "router", even though it doesn't route anything.
John
On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 18:25 -0500, Trevor Cordes wrote:
On 5 Jun, John Lange wrote:
I'm in a nit-picky mood so I'll just point out that plugging 2 connections into a firewall that supports dual wan is not multi-homing.
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci212611,00.html
Sounds like the setup to me. We have a firewall/router (linux) that has 2 DSL links (2 separate modems on 2 separate lines) to the internet (2 separate real-world IP addresses). Some traffic (port-based) goes out #1, some goes out #2.
Sorry if I got the terms wrong, but that always meant "multihoming" to me. I could very well be wrong.
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