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On 24 October 2020 06:55:54 CEST, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> After an outage on VDSL last month, I got a backup 10/1 cable |
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>subscription backup. Switching is a bit of a hassle. In addition to |
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>swapping cables, I have to run dhcpcd as root or sudo when swithching |
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>from VDSL to cable. Switching back I have to run "dhcpcd -x", copy |
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>over |
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>my backup of /etc/resolve.conf, and run "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart". |
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> The VDSL router/modem offers dhcp and static address space at |
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>192.168.1.0/24, DNS and default GW 192.168.1.1. I've bought a router |
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>that gets a WAN address from the cable modem via dhcpcd, and offers |
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>dhcp |
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>and static address space at 192.168.10.0/24, DNS and default GW |
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>192.168.10.1. My current /etc/conf.d/net is... |
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>mtu_eth0="1466" |
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>config_eth0=" |
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>192.168.1.249/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255" |
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>routes_eth0=" |
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>default via 192.168.1.1 metric 20 |
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>192.168.1.240/28 via 192.168.1.1 metric 0" |
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> |
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>...for my machine 192.168.1.249. Can I have something like... |
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>mtu_eth0="1466" |
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>config_eth0=" |
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>192.168.1.249/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 |
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>192.168.10.249/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255" |
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>routes_eth0=" |
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>default via 192.168.1.1 metric 20 |
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>192.168.1.240/28 via 192.168.1.1 metric 0" |
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> |
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>... and how would I tweak the last two lines to work without changes |
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>each time I switch between VDSL (192.168.1.1) and cable (192.168.10.1) |
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>? |
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There are routers that support multiple WAN connections, removing the need to do this yourself. |
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Alternatively, get a simple PC with multiple network cards to act as the router. |
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Joost |
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