Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:30:51 -0700 From: Sean Hafeez <sean.hafeez@gmail.com> To: mario.lobo@ipad.com.br Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?) Message-ID: <D3D150B6-B4A0-4B17-AE65-6810425DB161@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050711232642.GK39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <20050711232642.GK39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
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add a static route ping the other side of the directly connect interface ..etc.. fr On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: > Forgive me if this is off-topic. > > How could I force a packet to go out through an interface, > despite the default route? > > Suppose I have two interfaces connected to the internet: > > 1) rl0 (real.ip.no.1) ---> ISP x > > 2) rl1 (real.ip.no.2) ---> ISP y > > ISP y is just a backup link. ISP x is the working link. > Don?t want to load-balance them. Use 2) ONLY if 1) is out. > > Suppose 1) is down. I switch to 2). But I have to keep testing 1) > to see when it comes back up. How could I force a packet (ping maybe?) > to www.whatever.com through 1), despite the default route being 2) ? > > I am aready binding the ping packet to the IP I want but that?s not > enough. > > any suggestions? > > thanks, > -- > //| //|| > // | // || > -//--//---|| ARIO LOBO > // // || > --------------------------------- > mario.lobo@ipad.com.br > http://www.ipad.com.br > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Jeremie Le Hen > < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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