Am 12.11.2014 um 17:41 schrieb David Kerr <da...@kerr.net>: > This feels like a useful and helpful feature. As I have thought about this > in the past one of the issues that concerned me is how to throttle traffic > when in failover mode. One could very quickly run through 3G/4G wireless > quota if I just let internet traffic run as usual and start incurring $$$'s > per MB. For example I have a NAS with an offsite backup daemon running... > uploads to CrashPlan servers. While on backup I can live without offsite > backup sync. Similarly I would want to consider blocking YouTube, Netflix or > other video sites. Basically anything that would be a large data hog, but > still leave general web browsing, VoIP, email retrieval, etc working. > > So, any thoughts about how best to do this? Presumably some sort of script > that would run before/after failover that could add specific rules to the > firewall to block certain traffic either by source or destination (or type? > -- can a firewall tell "video" from something else?). > > Thanks > David
Hi David, there is an action script that can be run on every failover/failback, where you can script what you want to do. See an example on our Wiki page. > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > wrote: > Resurrecting Michael's post... > > The next release of AstLinux 1.2.1 will have a web interface configurable > "WAN Failover" functionality... > > WAN Failover > http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:tt_wan_failover > > (Much thanks to Michael Keuter) > > All of the EXT2* rc.conf variables are now supported in the web interface. > > This seemingly simple feature, is not, to get all the edge conditions covered. > > Anyone interested in this feature is encouraged to to build from the SVN or > use http://build.astlinux.org to get the latest SVN builds. > > I personally have tested this (somewhat old) WiFi-client, Netgear WNCE2001 > N300 > http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Universal-Ethernet-Adapter-WNCE2001/dp/B003KPBRRW/ > > as the Failover Interface and WiFi connected to my iPad w/LTE and Personal > Hotspot enabled. > > I also have ordered a gizmo (for $99 USD)... > > Pepwave Surf On-The-Go (SUS-AGN1) > http://www.peplink.com/products/pepwave-surf-on-the-go/ > > that should arrive today, but seems it could be configured ethernet -> to > either an iPad w/LTE or a USB data modem from your wireless provider. > > If course a dedicated wired Failover WAN link would also work. > > Lonnie > > > On Jun 16, 2014, at 9:42 PM, Michael Knill > <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi group > > > > I am looking at setting up a backup 4G/LTE connection for a customer (and > > provide it as a product offering) and just wondering the best way to > > provide it in Astlinux. > > The 4G router can support bridge mode so ideally I would like to have dual > > PPPoE connections but I don’t think this is easily done in Astlinux? I am > > happy (and would prefer) to manually switch the routing over to a backup > > connection. > > > > Currently Astlinux’s EXT2IF requires a static address which would mean > > double NAT for me (I assume) as I would need to route rather than bridge on > > both firewall external interfaces. Should this be a problem? Could I > > disable NAT but do IP Tables on Astlinux and do NAT on a router? If I have > > a good enough router (who can you trust?), I could just turn off the > > Astlinux firewall and make it a telephony server and router only? > > > > I was thinking that worst case, I could put the 4G router on the DMZ or > > internal network and just change the default route on Astlinux to point to > > it on failover. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Regards > > Michael Knill > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ > 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. Michael http://www.mksolutions.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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.
