From: Andreas Unterkircher <unki@netshadow.at>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Multiple ISP Links - Gateway Not Getting Restored
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:04:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43B69E09.30306@netshadow.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43B69A09.3030205@tuxspace.com>
Perhaps the ip-up / ip-down scripts of pppd could help you to
automatically do this load balancing script job?
Manish Kathuria schrieb:
> I have been successfully implementing load balancing gateways for
> multiple ISP links at various locations using Julian's patches and as
> suggested in LARTC HowTo. At one location, one of the ISPs is
> providing connectivity through a PPOE DSL link which has to be dialled
> in everytime to connect. The gateway has been configured on a Fedora
> Core 3 based system and I have recompiled the 2.6.12 kernel after
> applying Julian's patches. I have configured the DSL modem in bridge
> mode and connected it to an ethernet interface on the gateway and use
> the DSL dialer in Fedora Core 3 to connect to the ISP. This creates a
> ppp0 interface when the connection goes live which is alloted a static
> Public IP. The dialer has been configured to redial as and when the
> link goes down. However the problem is that the kernel is not able to
> detect when this DSL interface (ppp0) comes back and does not restore
> the gateway through this link. The loadbalancing script has to be run
> again to make the kernel treat this gateway as LIVE and make the
> traffic go out through it.
>
> Has anyone encountered a similar problem ? I have never come across
> such an issue wherever the link is terminating on an ethernet
> interface. This ISP is insisting on dialling and then establishing the
> a PPOE interface. Any suggestions ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Manish
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2005-12-31 14:59 [LARTC] Multiple ISP Links - Gateway Not Getting Restored Manish Kathuria
2005-12-31 15:04 ` Andreas Unterkircher [this message]
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