This is probably a simple question, but I have been unsuccessful in
finding the solution.
History:
One machine connected to two networks (with two network cards). Both
networks get to the internet, but one is connected directly to the
internet on a T1, the other is NAT'd and shared on a seperate T1, but is
dreadfully slow.
I want to ensure that I always default to eth0 for internet and only use
eth1 for requests on the internal network. I didn't think this would be
any issue, but on occasion I notice that my request hops on the internal
network for larger downloads at roughly 50K slower speeds.
I have been trying to set the metric on the interface to give preference
to the faster card, but keep getting an error when I attempt to bring the
card up passing the metric option. I get the following:
SIOCSIFMETRIC: Operation not supported (google's no help on this one)
Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there a better way? Would it be
better to set the metric in the route table? if so, how can I make it
come up that way automatically?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Steve
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