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Old 06-01-2006
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Originally Posted by vgersh99
If you have 2 different IP addresses, cannot you just use the IP you want? [I must be missing something obvious here]

No, you're not. If the backup IPs are on the same subnet then traffic will go directly via the interfaces that a local to each other, ie backup NIC to backup NIC. Nothing needs to be done.