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