James Carlson wrote: > Kyle McDonald writes: > >> Is it possible to configure multiple default routers with the >> /etc/defaultrouter file? >> > > Yes. Just list multiple IP addresses, one per line. > > Yep I tried that. It worked. >> If so is it possible to 'wieght' them so one is prefferred over the other? >> > > No. > > Darn. Oh well. >> If I have to do it manually, will specifying a larger number of hops on >> the lesser prefferred router do the job? >> > > No. The kernel knows nothing of hop counts or weights. Those are > routing protocol issues -- if you have a preference, then use a > routing daemon to implement it. The kernel is just a forwarding base, > not a policy engine. > > Oh. I'm not even forwarding anything. I think forwarding is turned off.
I just wanted to 'prefer' to send things not for the local net to the router for the production network, not the mgmt network. I used route -p to add the routes with different hop counts. couldn't tell which way the replies to the pings were going though. I wish the network admin would enable rdisc, or rip, or something. I don't like hardcoding the routers on the machine. -Kyle _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
