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I have things set up to allow me to connect to dialup, and still keep |
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connections going to my other machine ("LAN" = 2 machines). I think this |
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is similar to your situation. The key is in my /etc/conf.d/net file as |
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per the following excerpt... |
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routes_eth0=( |
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"default via 192.168.123.254 metric 2 mss 1454" |
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"192.168.123.248/29 via 192.168.123.254 metric 0" |
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) |
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My home machine is 192.168.123.250 on my "LAN", my hot-backup is |
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192.168.123.251, and the ADSL-modem-cum-router is 192.168.123.254. Note |
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the 2 statements. The default connection to the world is "metric 2", |
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while the connection to the LAN is given "metric 0". The ppp0 |
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connection, when active, has priority over the default connection, but |
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not over the LAN connection. So I don't have to tear down the eth0 |
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connection when dialing up, and re-start it after disconnecting from |
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dialup. |
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If I wanted to get really fancy, I could assign separate "metric 0" |
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routes for streaming video or audio sites, where dialup won't hack it. |
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This would allow me to listen to internet radio on ADSL, while |
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simultaneously downloading updates/email/usenet over dialup, or even |
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surfing the web on dialup. |
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Why bother, you ask? Bell Canada will soon be be ramming |
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billing-by-the-byte on all its users and its resellers' users. The only |
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"alternative" in Toronto is Rogers Cable, and they're not attractive |
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either. I intend to divert update/email/usenet downloads to dialup. |
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This will apply to any files where I don't care if it's an overnight |
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download. |
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This would also be a great idea for usability testing for some web |
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developers, to see how piggy their Schlockwave-Trash websites are on |
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dialup. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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