you can try the /etc/defaultrouter file, edit it and put ip addresses of
your two routes. it won't notify you when one of the routes is down but
it'll continue to send the packet through the second avaiable.
peter
>From: "Martin, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'fw-1-mailinglist'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"'Firewalls List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Failover routing on Sun.
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:14:01 -0500
>
>Folks,
>
> Is there an easy way to do failover routing ( or basically setting a
>routing metric ) on a Sun box w/out running a route daemon of some sort
>(these are firewalls so I really would rather not have a route daemon
>learning routes on the fly doncha know )? Basically, if the primary router
>for a route fails can I have the route switched over to the secondary
>router? Is my only option to script this and have a ping running from time
>to time and then switch the route if the ping fails?
>
>All help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kevin Martin
>Bank of America
>Firewall/DNS/SMTP/Network Admin.
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