Tom Eastep wrote:
> Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> Tom Eastep wrote:
> 
>>> The attached patch to /usr/share/shorewall/Shorewall/Providers.pm should
>>> prevent the startup failure. If the MAC of the remote gateway is not
>>> detectable, the provider does not come up.
>> Does that means that it will never start or it will start after some 
>> period?
> 
> It means that Shorewall itself will start but it will not add either of
> the providers.

Note that you can do more sophisticated things than simply sleep; you
can attempt to ping the remote gateway and if that fails, you can sleep
and try again. These steps can be repeated if needed.

-Tom
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