On 02/17/2012 03:35 AM, Niall O Broin wrote:
> I want to setup a shorewall using two providers. One is DSL and will
> be our preferred link. The other is over a shared leased line where
> we pay for traffic, so we obviously prefer to not use that. However,
> we have a complication in that we have people connecting into various
> servers in the office, over either of the connections. How would that
> work with the dual provider setup. If somebody made an incoming
> connection over the LL would the packet tagging persist such that the
> packets back to him would use the correct connection?
> 

With the 'track' option on the providers or with TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes in
shorewall.conf, response packets will be sent over the same provider as
the incoming connection was received through.

-Tom
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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