On 05/10/2012 12:09 PM, John McMonagle wrote:
> I upgraded our 2 sites with 2 isps to shorewall 4.5.2.4.
>
> I'm  going to try lsm.
>
> If the isp is static do I still need to set as optional in the interfaces
> file?
>

Sure -- just because it has a static IP address doesn't mean that it's 
going to be usable 100% of the time.

> If rules are set to force traffic to a specific provider and that provider is
> down, will that traffic go to another provider?

Existing connections out of the down provider will usually die. New 
connections will be sent through the remaining provider.

-Tom
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