Hi, one other thought: the ppp0 is a tunnel - it is carried upon another, real, interface. is it possible that after you have changed the default route you caused the ppp0 to stop working?
Noam On 8/17/05, Erez D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > the command line i have used originated from > http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html > > about: http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/#routes > are you aware of a specific bug/patch relevant the command i issued, > or is it just a pointer to the patches available in general. > > 10x > > erez. > > On 8/17/05, Noam Meltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Erez, > > What you are requesting to do is not trivial, though not too complicated. > > Basically I would suggest you'll read the following documents (the > > first has a link for the second, but it was worth mentioning here > > too): > > http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html > > http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/#routes > > > > The first one is one the sections of "Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic > > Control HOWTO" > > The second is a page with some kernel patches that can help you > > achieve your goal. (It also points for what he calls nano's howto, > > which explains how to use these patches) > > > > goodluck, > > Noam > > > > On 8/16/05, Erez D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi > > > > > > i have 2 internet connetions: via eth3 and ppp0 > > > > > > i wanted to do load balancing so i did: > > > ip route add default nexthop via <ip1> dev eth3 weight1 nexthop via > <ip2> dev ppp0 weight 1 > > > > > > i test by pinging the internet > > > > > > i get funny results: > > > if the route was selected via ppp0 then it works > > > if the route was selected via eth3, then nothing is sent out (tcpdump > shows nothing) > > > ( i know which route was selected by doing 'ip route show cache') > > > > > > if i swap the order of the interfaces in the above line, then ppp0 does > not work and eth3 does > > > so it seems that routes through the first interface specified does not > work > > > > > > however, if i only specify one of the interfaces (does not matter > which) then it works ok for it. > > > > > > any idea ? > > > > > > btw: my box is configured to do nat via ppp0, but not via eth3 (it is > done further on the way at the isp) > > > > > > 10x, > > > erez. > > > > > > > ================================================================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]
