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| The benefit is that, whenever a user connects to your network, he will request from the server that is closest to him, reducing the latency of the connection. | The benefit is that, whenever a user connects to your network, he will request from the server that is closest to him, reducing the latency of the connection. | ||
| - | To set up anycasting, you simply need to configure /etc/hostname.if0: | + | To set up anycasting, first follow the instructions provided by your provider ([[https://wiki.buyvm.net/doku.php/anycast_vps|here are BuyVM's]]), then configure OpenBSD to use those IP addresses. |
| - | Suppose | + | Suppose you have the normal IP address 192.0.1.1 and 10.0.1.1 as the anycast IP address. Inside /etc/hostname.if0, you should put: |
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| + | Suppose you have | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | inet 192.0.2.1 255.255.255.0 | + | inet 192.0.1.1 255.255.255.0 |
| - | inet alias 192.1.0.1 255.255.255.255 | + | inet alias 10.0.1.1 255.255.255.255 |
| - | inet6 ffef:6400:0000:0000:: 48 | + | |
| - | #inet6 autoconf | + | |
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | Make sure to configure this for each of the three servers that share the same anycast IP address. | ||