Thanks for your answer, it gives me something to start on anyhow..
:) cheers
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> Yes it is possible, if you mean
>
> eth0 connected to a cable modem
> ppp0 connected to a modem on a phone line
>
> Having the two connections themselves isn't really any harder than the
> separate work of setting each one up. What is hard is the routing table. In
> the simple sorts of static-routing setups typical for Linux routers, one or
> the other will be the default route and get all traffic not explicitly
> routed to the other.
>
> To have both interfaces, you need either to run a fancier routing protocol
> or to "bridge" the interfaces. For the first, look at zebra. The second is
> ISP specific and probvably not a real option for you.
>
> A more common setup is a failover system, in which the router periodically
> checks that the cable-modem link is up and, if it isn't, starts the ppp
> interface and changes the default route to it. Then it keeps monitoring eth0
> until it comes back, at which point it drops ppp0. It's a bit tricker than
> I've made it sound, but people do get it working (there's been discussion of
> this on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list).
>
> BTW, I don't know this area in much more detail than what I've written here.
> So general follow-up questions won't get helpful answers (at least not from me).
>
> At 04:36 PM 7/10/00 -0700, Chris Wrobel wrote:
> >I was just wondering is it possible to have an internet access throught
> >cable on eht0 and through a phone line at the same time ??
> >Maybe its a dumb question but is that possible??
>
>
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