Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:30:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Vladimir A. Petrov" <V.Petrov@VAZ.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using leased line with dialup line as a reserve Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980316092913.26071A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980316012142.14802E-100000@asm.vaz.ru>
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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to use leased and dialup lines simultaneously? > > > > Sure. The trick is routing; when do you know when your permanent > > connection goes down? Once you can determine that, you can enact a script > > to change routing, call ppp, etc... > > > > The common way to do this is to ping the other end periodically through a > > cron task. > > ..so as I can restart usage of the leased line! You could use a flag file that the script drops when it's changed the connection; when the file exists, and the hardwire connection is back, kill the dialup process and change the routes. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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