Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:18:11 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: mario.lobo@ipad.com.br Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?) Message-ID: <42D3DF33.9090709@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <42D3A7A1.17453.488500C@localhost> References: <42D38178.8740.3F340A6@localhost> <42D3A7A1.17453.488500C@localhost>
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Mario Lobo wrote: >Yeah Stefan. They do take the default route. That is what I am already d= oing. > >I even wrote a little prog using a variation of ping to do just that. > >The problem lies with the fact that, there is a router between my rl0 an= d the internet. > >1) rl0 -----------> router ----------> antenna ------> ISPx ------> int= ernet > >So the fact that i can ping the hop next to rl0 doesn=B4t mean the link = is up :(. > >That is why I NEED to ping something on the internet. > =20 > I don't think so. You can follow Chad Leigh's advice and ping a router=20 on your ISP. Figure out where your packets through ISP1 are routed (try = traceroute) and then add a static route through ethernet1 to that=20 router. You can do similar for ISP2. Then a ping of either router will = always try to go through the network card appropriate to that ISP. --Alex
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