I like the idea of the "MAC-detection or ping functionality", might I
recommend using httping it tends to appear more friendly to the general
public and is less likely to be dropped than a ping by networks.

The method of having multiply default routes with different weights is not
the same as having two *active* default routes.  If two defaults routes were
active and load balancing was to be performed  it would have to be balanced
per (src ip,dest ip) tuple flows so that related connections were not
confused.

I would love to see fail-over, as I'm sure many others would.

--
John

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 17:47 +0200, Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
> > So do you confirm that having more that one default route to gateway
> > (at the same time) will break things down?
>
> Oh, it won't break things down at all.  But the first default route in
> the routing table will be the one that gets used for new outgoing
> connections.  So it's pretty pointless to have more than one at a time.
> Only one can truly the be the "default" route, and if you have more than
> one, the lower-priority ones are more or less ignored by the kernel
> entirely.
>
> Dan
>
> > If so, I will wait for a graphic way to disconnect devices separately.
> > Is this in your plans?
>
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