Ed Greshko wrote:
carlopmart wrote:
Ahmed Kamal wrote:
why not something simple a la "ping -c2 $FWIP && route del default && route add default gw $FWIP"


Could be a solution but firewalls rejects icmp proto (and I can't change this). One possible solution could be to telnet to another host on production enviroment, but how can I know if telnet is ok inside a script launched by crontab??

It is this types of "gotchas" that don't "getcha" when you use standard things like RIP. Routing Information Protocol. Everything happens automatically. Not to mention one place to administer.


Soultion was simple: only I need to put default route for every gateway. When fw1 goes down and fw2 is up, kernel do the trick. When fw2 goes down and fw1 is up, too ...

Here is the solution: 
http://securepoint.com/lists/html/LARTC/2007-06/msg00181.html


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CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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