why not something simple a la "ping -c2 $FWIP && route del default && route
add default gw $FWIP"

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM, carlopmart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ed Greshko wrote:
> > carlopmart wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>   I have installed a lab environment with two different firewalls on
> >> it to communicate with another production environment. In this test
> >> enviroment, I have setup five servers: three with rhel5 and two with
> >> rhel4.
> >>
> >>  As I said earlier, in this environment exists two firewalls to
> >> provide communication to another LAN's: fw1 and fw2. Where is the
> >> problem?. The problem is as follows: sometimes fw1 is up (but
> >> sometimes not) and sometimes fw2 is up (and sometimes not). I need to
> >> monitor network interfaces but how can I configure policy routing on
> >> this five servers to detect which firewall is up and insert the
> >> correct default route?? I need similar funcionality that ifstated
> >> provides on OpenBSD
> >> (
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
> ).
> >
> >
> > Are fw1 and fw2 ever up at the same time?
>
> No. Only one firewall is up.
>
> >
> > Why not use RIP and let the FW's advertise routes via RIP?  I've not
> > done that in a while....but it used to be gated but now I hear quagga is
> > what you'd use.
>
> Well, I will try it ...
> >
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