Hi Dan, probably a script is efficient enough in most cases. Just want to show you something what else could be done:
http://mpath-tools.optilian.org/ Regards, Ingmar On 09/22/2010 06:15 PM, Dan Ryson wrote: > Hi James, > > Thanks for catching and correcting my misnomer. Indeed, we wouldn't be > using the same IP address so it's just as you said: Two Internet circuits. > > I also appreciate the recipe for the script, which sounds like it's just > the ticket. We'll explore this further... > > Cordially, > > Dan > > On 9/22/2010 11:16 AM, James Babiak wrote: >> Dan, >> >> You're not really 'multi-homed', you just have two Internet circuits. If >> one goes down, it's not like you can use the same IP address on the >> other one. >> >> What you can do though is setup the second circuit as a fail-over if the >> first one goes down. We do this and it works very well. We basically >> have a script running in the background that monitors for connectivity >> on the primary circuit. If it loses connectivity for so many seconds, it >> will test to see if the secondary circuit is online. If it is, it >> changes the default route to use the secondary. It continually monitors, >> using a host route, to see if the primary circuit comes back, and if so >> it changes the default route back over to it. >> >> Keep in mind that any external calls in progress when the primary goes >> down would die. >> >> -James >> >> On 09/22/2010 10:42 AM, Dan Ryson wrote: >>> I think this topic has already been discussed before on this list. >>> However, Google and I can't seem to find the discussion thread. >>> >>> We have fixed IPs from both a cable and DSL provider. It it feasible to >>> our multi-home AstLinux using a Soekris net5501? If so, how? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >>> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >>> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Astlinux-users mailing list >>> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >>> >>> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >>> pay...@krisk.org. >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
