[LARTC] 2 default gw in redhat 6.2

[Rene 'Lynx' Pfeiffer linux@thing.at]

<PRE>On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote:

&gt;<i> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Rene 'Lynx' Pfeiffer wrote:
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote:
</I>&gt;<i> &gt;
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, bert hubert wrote:
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</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; &gt; Linux is supposed to have something called 'dead gateway detection'
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt;
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; Which it doesn't use when there's a multipath default route. Now, that isn't
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; technically the case here, so that shouldn't be the problem here.
</I>&gt;<i> &gt;
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; Does this mean that Linux automatically detects a failed default
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; route and takes the second one if I configure two default routes?
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> No, it means the exact opposite. If you configure two default routes
</I>&gt;<i> Linux will randomly multiplex outgoing connections over the two routes.
</I>
This is exactly the problem I am having. I am trying to set up a spare default
route in case the primary route is down. The router in question is a Linux
machine having access to three upstream connections and to the DMZ. I do not
want to have routing daemons on the box, I simply want to change the default
route in case the primary connection (which supplies the LAN behind the DMZ) is
down.

The only thing I have come up so far (I do not want to have fancy things like
zebra, routed or gated on this machine) is a Perl script that measures the
connectivity and takes action if it detects that the route is down.

Does anyone have a better idea? (I am willing to to a nice and tidy ASCIIgram
if you like ;-)

Cheers,
René

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