[LARTC] 2 default gw in redhat 6.2

[Arthur van Leeuwen arthurvl@sci.kun.nl]

<PRE>On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Rene 'Lynx' Pfeiffer wrote:

&gt;<i> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote:
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, bert hubert wrote:
</I>&gt;<i> &gt;
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; Linux is supposed to have something called 'dead gateway detection'
</I>&gt;<i> &gt;
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; Which it doesn't use when there's a multipath default route. Now, that isn't
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; technically the case here, so that shouldn't be the problem here.
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> Does this mean that Linux automatically detects a failed default
</I>&gt;<i> route and takes the second one if I configure two default routes?
</I>
No, it means the exact opposite. If you configure two default routes
Linux will randomly multiplex outgoing connections over the two routes.
As opposed to the case of a single route it will not even *try* to do
dead gateway detection on these routes anymore. Yes, I do think that
behaviour is silly. However, I haven't thought of a better way to do
it yet.

Doei, Arthur.

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