From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 04:09:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BA316A423 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 04:09:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Received: from ns2.alphaque.com (ns2.alphaque.com [202.75.47.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB0D343D45 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 04:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Received: (qmail 63219 invoked by uid 0); 4 Feb 2006 04:09:40 -0000 Received: from lucifer.net-gw.com (HELO prophet.alphaque.com) (202.75.47.153) by lucifer.net-gw.com with SMTP; 4 Feb 2006 04:09:40 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prophet.alphaque.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1443dfV019690; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:03:39 +0800 (MYT) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Message-ID: <43E4279B.20200@alphaque.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:03:39 +0800 From: Dinesh Nair User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20051026 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: D References: <069601c628c6$598ac4a0$4f6510ac@in.telecom.lt> In-Reply-To: <069601c628c6$598ac4a0$4f6510ac@in.telecom.lt> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: alternative routing - deadlock? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:09:43 -0000 On 02/03/06 21:32 D said the following: > on freebsd box such a simple situation(see below) seems to be pretty complicated: > > > ISP1[10.10.10.1][1Mbps]<-------------------->[ME-em0][10.10.10.10] > ISP2[11.11.11.1][8Mbps]---------------------->[ME-em1][11.11.11.11] > default route 10.10.10.1 > > any traffic "from ME to ISP2" will fail or will be redirected via ISP1. what exactly does 'netstat -rn' show ? > alternative routing function should allow us to add another static route: > default route 11.11.11.1 freebsd doesnt yet support multiple default routes, though you could use something like CARP and pf to implement some sort of load balancing/redundant link architecture. -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+