[FCIX] IX Redundancy

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Usually, yes…

After all, having two routers on the same IX port isn’t really redundancy, it’s redundant connections to a single point of failure (i.e. the IX port).

Owen


> On Sep 10, 2023, at 12:27, Robert Navarro via Members <members at fcix.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey All,
> 
> Newbie question here, given that IX's generally only allow a single MAC on the port what do people do for HA in this situation?
> 
> If the IX link goes down, is paid transit the "high availability" ?
> 
> I don't imagine something like VRRP is used as that would be multiple MACs right?
> 
> I see there is another FCIX member that appears to have multiple connections to FCIX:
> https://fcix.net/participants/#:~:text=Linux%20Global,504%3A91%3A%3A41
> 
> Is that how it's done? You request two ports to the IX and link them to separate routers?
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