From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 5 05:47:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA18459 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:47:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atlas.usls.edu (linux1.usls.edu [202.47.133.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA18432 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from francis@usls.edu) Received: by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id 96E0C4EBA; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:46:30 +0800 (PHT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6494EA1; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:46:30 +0800 (PHT) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:46:30 +0800 (JST) From: "Francis A. Vidal" To: hometeam Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FBSD as router In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, hometeam wrote: > Is the sat downsteam only and upsteam PPP via isp? the satellite connection is upstream and downstream (at different rates). most of the time, the satellite connection would be very slow (close to 80-90 percent packet loss). if possible, i will redirect the entire traffic to the PPP connection and remove the PPP connection as soon as i get satisfactory results from the sat connection (automatically). > On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Francis A. Vidal wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > i'm setting up a FreeBSD machine that will act as a router for a network > > with 2 points of connection. one is connected to a satellite IDU and the > > other one is via PPP to another ISP. > > > > i've read the necessary documents for setting up PPP and how to make FBSD > > act as a router. i wanted to make the PPP work on-demand if the default > > gateway is not reachable at a certain amount of time. > > > > where can i find document(s) / HOW-TO regarding this issue? [snipped] -- francis vidal university of st. la salle, bacolod city, philippines . . . . . . . PGP key available via e-mail / subject: get PGP key u s l s N E T tel. nos. (6334).435.2324 / 433.3526 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message