Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?)

2005-07-11 Thread Mario Lobo
Forgive me if this is off-topic. How could I force a packet to go out through an interface, despite the default route? Suppose I have two interfaces connected to the internet: 1) rl0 (real.ip.no.1) --- ISP x 2) rl1 (real.ip.no.2) --- ISP y ISP y is just a backup link. ISP x is the working

Re: Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?)

2005-07-11 Thread Warner Losh
Suppose 1) is down. I switch to 2). But I have to keep testing 1) to see when it comes back up. How could I force a packet (ping maybe?) to www.whatever.com through 1), despite the default route being 2) ? I am aready binding the ping packet to the IP I want but that´s not enough. any

Re: Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?)

2005-07-11 Thread Avleen Vig
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 04:53:25PM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote: Forgive me if this is off-topic. How could I force a packet to go out through an interface, despite the default route? You have a couple of options. Look at CARP in 5.4, that might do what you want best. man 4 carp Also google for:

Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Giovanni P. Tirloni
Hi, I've to start working on a new server right now that should use ataraid for RAID mirroring but the customer shipped a box with only one disk and the second one won't arrive soon for many reasons. I know ataraid can't build a RAID mirror without two disks and I've already checked both

Re: Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 11:38, Giovanni P. Tirloni wrote: But I'd like to ask if it'd theoretically be possible to create the RAID1 array (ar0) with only one disk and add the second one later? It'd work like a broken array for some time. It's just an idea :) I haven't been able to do this :(

Re: Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Aaron Glenn
On 7/11/05, Giovanni P. Tirloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I'd like to ask if it'd theoretically be possible to create the RAID1 array (ar0) with only one disk and add the second one later? It'd work like a broken array for some time. It's just an idea :) What is the advantage of building a

Re: Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Giovanni P. Tirloni
Aaron Glenn disse: On 7/11/05, Giovanni P. Tirloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I'd like to ask if it'd theoretically be possible to create the RAID1 array (ar0) with only one disk and add the second one later? It'd work like a broken array for some time. It's just an idea :) What is the

Re: Cross-Compiling FreeBSD

2005-07-11 Thread Maslan
Hello Maslan, hi guys what about cross-compiling freebsd-5.4 from a different BSD as openbsd or even linux. how can i accomplish this ??? AFAIK, only NetBSD allows to do this with their source. I've never heard of such a thing with FreeBSD sources. Regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen

Re: Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Aaron Glenn
On 7/11/05, Giovanni P. Tirloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be able to work on this server right now and add the second disk when it arrives without reinstalling everything. Mirroring via software (gmirror) is not an option? aaron.glenn ___

Re: Odd ataraid situation

2005-07-11 Thread Vasil Dimov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 But I'd like to ask if it'd theoretically be possible to create the RAID1 array (ar0) with only one disk and add the second one later? It'd work like a broken array for some time. It's just an idea :) Find some unused disk, plug it into the