Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:54:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: adam@idomains.net (Adam Breaux) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall With 2 Gateways\ Message-ID: <199906100254.WAA08656@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01beb2df$7027cbe0$1e01a8c0@altronics.com> from Adam Breaux at "Jun 9, 99 09:20:33 pm"
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Adam Breaux wrote, > I need to setup a machine with the ability to switch between 2 different gateways automatically. > > The system would need 3 nics ( I assume ). > > LAN Interface: > ip: 192.168.1.1 > nm: 255.255.255.0 > > Cable Interface: > ip: 24.x.x.x > nm: 255.255.255.0 > gw: 24.x.x.254 @Home service, per chance? > Frame Interface: > ip: 205.x.x.x > nm: 255.255.255.224 > gw: 205.x.x.161 > > Some sort of script that pings a remote host...cable provider's router maybe... > > When it loses connect, change default gateway to frame. > When cable comes back up, change default gateway to cable. > > Any ideas on this? I have a pretty good idea of what is needed but a good how-to is > certainly in order. Thanks in advance. This kind of job is one of the things router daemons were created for. Have a look at the documentation for 'routed' or 'gated' for a start. Doing this as a script is not recommended when there are powerful tools like that built for jobs just like this. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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