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From: Gabe <nrml@att.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:14:02 -0800
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Subject: RE: FreeBSD network failover
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>Maybe try lagg(4) in Failover mode?

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a nat'd box which obviously has an internal and external ip
>>>> address. The box has a third interface which is configured to a
>>>> DSL connection. My goal is for that interface to be activated if
>>>> the external side fails so that outbound traffic still flows. Any
>>>> of you know of a way to accomplish this regardless of the type of
>>>> failure.
>

Lagg wouldn't work on my setup because the dsl  connection would be almost =
completely independent.  Unless you can provide an example.

/gabe=