From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 14:13:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dns.perimeter.co.za (dns.perimeter.co.za [196.25.164.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA62037B404 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:13:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there (ndf-dial-196-30-124-19.mweb.co.za [196.30.124.19]) by dns.perimeter.co.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g3ALDTL28994 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:29 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from bsd@perimeter.co.za) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: "Patrick O'Reilly" Organization: Perimeter Networks CC Message-Id: <200204102309.52603@.perimeter.co.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Dial-up backup for leased-line failure Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:17:49 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello all! I have some BSD-based gateway & router servers which are connected via X.21 and PPP links using the Cyclades PC300 router cards. That's fine. My question: How do I provide dial-up based backup in case one of the fixed lines should go down? For example, Cisco 1600-series routers can be configured with a BRI interface which will automatically dial and connect in the event of failure in the Serial interface. But living in an exchange-rate challenged country, I need to find a cheaper (than Cisco) way of acheiving a similar result. I don't mind doing some RTFM, but I'm not quite sure where to find the right M. Point me at it please! :) Regards, Patrick O'Reilly. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message