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fire-eyes wrote: |
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> I'm looking for suggestions on software which could do the following 1) |
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> if our primary gateway goes down, do nothing 2) if it does go down, |
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> change the default gateway to line B 3) when the primary comes back, set |
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> the gateway back to B. I have two physical interfaces and one alias. |
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Hi again |
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I did something similar on a RedHat system with modems hooked up to |
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different telcos and ISPs some years ago. I no longer have the scripts |
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to hand, but they were similar in consept to the example posted to this |
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list under the thread 'Load Balancing / Redundant Network ?' today. |
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I think I just set the default route off of the box, which in my case |
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brought up the second PPP connection. I had one script constantly |
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checking the status of the primary PPP line and one checking the status |
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of the active line. |
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The primary monitor would test the line every five minutes and switch |
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to/from the secondary as necessary. There were some rules to not switch |
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every five minutes in case the primary line was having a bout of |
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intermittent problems. I think I left the secondary up for at least 30 |
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minutes if ever it was switched to. |
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The active monitor reported loss of the currently active line and what |
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it was doing about it, especially if it was the secondard i/f and the |
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primary was still flagged as failing. |
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Is that the sort of thing you're looking for or do you need a 'proper' |
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package? |
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IanC |
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