> From: Amit Margalit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
[snip] > I preferred not to delete the default gateway, but to make the default > gateway with a metric (priority) of 1 to the ethernet ( => the cable > modem) and add another default gateway ( to the internet ) > with metric 0. Well, this is not allowed AFAIK as far as standards go. Use metric 1 and 2, not 0 and 1. I do something similar with my ADSL lines using iproute2 package (which is far far far better than the ifconfig/route combo). If you don't know how to use iproute2, do yourself a favor and learn it. It streamlines network configuration concepts and makes life a little harder at first but a helluvalot easier once you get to know it. I have no default route in my main routing table. I also have two more tables - adsl and isdn, which have a default route to the - you guessed it - adsl and isdn lines. In addition, I have a rule with a higher priority to route mail using the ADSL table and a rule with a lower priority to route mail using the ISDN table. When an ADSL line goes up, its ip-up scripts add the default route to the ADSL table, and the ip-down removes it from the table. This way you are saying what you want to do, rather than much around with metrics and other stuff. -- Arik ********************************************************************** This email and attachments have been scanned for potential proprietary or sensitive information leakage. Vidius, Inc. Protecting Your Information from the Inside Out. www.vidius.com ********************************************************************** ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
