I want to have more than one gate way I've got 2 dial up boxes so if one fails I can use the other one I can have more than one in windows their got to be a way to do this in linux -- Hans hans007@prexar.com registered Linux user 289023 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
On Saturday 27 September 2003 14:40, Hans Krueger wrote:
I want to have more than one gate way I've got 2 dial up boxes so if one fails I can use the other one I can have more than one in windows their got to be a way to do this in linux
We did something similar with web servers using the same external IP address. The stand-by repeatedly tried to ping the primary. We assumed that the only reason that the ping would not work is when the primary was down. If the stand-by could not reach the primary, it would simply start the interface with the external IP address and would be available within 5 minutes of the primary going down. Although this is very primitive, it is the same basic principle that Sun HA clusters use. Hope that helps. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups, mailing lists or forums are subject to reposting.
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 07:40 AM, Hans Krueger wrote:
I want to have more than one gate way I've got 2 dial up boxes so if one fails I can use the other one I can have more than one in windows their got to be a way to do this in linux
I couldn't find anything specific related to clients, but found lots on alternate routes for gateways, etc. Google: linux alternate gateway I would assume (and we all know what that means :-0), that you could set you clients up to use the alternate routes in the routing table should the primary go down. Yast2 in 7.3 has a setting for routes under advance network that lists the primary gateway and has a routing table to add dummy/gateway. Here's where my assumption comes in: (somebody please correct me. I need more info also) I would guess that you can set alternate gateway there. Under expert config it has all the info settings that seem to make it work that way. I am also going to guess that it works similar to dns/alternate dns server. There are some articles in the above search that lead me to believe this, but I have no experience in the matter. Most of the relevant links talk about gateways using alternate routes and are implementation guidelines and not tutorials or technical. Should apply the same to clients. If a gateway can do it I don't see why a client couldn't. The linux documentation project has lots of info. Don't have time to sort through it right now. Sorry.:-( Here's the link. http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/index.html http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x552.html Hope it gives you a direction to start. Let me know what you find. will
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