-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Right -- I should have mentioned that having a dynamic IP provider as > a 'fallback' won't work because DHCP will automatically add the > cable default route in the main routing table. Using weights as you > are doing simply makes the balancing choose the balance=2 route twice > as often as it chooses the balance=1 route.
That makes sense, now I understand why when I disconnected the DSL modem and restarted shorewall the cable connection didn't come up. > Along that line, howevr, I question why you want to make the DSL > your primary provider, given that the cable link is likely to be an > order of magnitude faster. My own strategy was to use the DSL line > for those things that I *had* to (basically, running my servers) and > to use the cable link for everything else. Great question :) I have just the opposite scenario... my DSL is 10mb/896k and the cable link is 1mb/384k. I can get a faster cable connection, but long story short Comcast gave me "the call" last year and they made me mad so I switched to DSL. I consumed a massive amount of bandwidth and I still don't understand what I did to cause that. I don't do any torrent downloading etc, but do a lot of VoIP and LEGAL streaming, music downloads, etc. Based on my usage habits, I am gunshy to use them as my primary provider. I originally evaluated getting a Comcast business class connection (and I still may) depending on how well this connection works for what I need it for, mainly VoIP. It was on a promo price so I couldn't resist ;) Who knows.... I may change my mind yet again and just downgrade the DSL to a slower connection! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkxF2SEACgkQ3sJXNEncx7jHxACgzh7rPPgbvBlrPOroxolifiKE eeoAn1vNxZjOoECADJSxbaDHL9INXViY =VwTf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
