Hi,
Is it possible to set two default routes so that the system can try one
and, if doesn't work, try the other?
I have a subnet with two Ciscos which both provide a gateway to the
outside. For various reasons the people controlling the Ciscos don't
want to run RIP on them. So I have to set a default route on the alpha
to see the outside world. But a single defalt route does not give me
redundancy in case of Cisco failure.
I have thought of, what looks to me like a dirty hack involving putting
0.0.0.0 in /etc/gateways twice with different metrics, but I haven't
tested it.
If I try:
# route add default blah.net
# route add default blah2.net
I get that the socket is in use and it won't set the second.
How do people solve this sort of problem?
Ciao, Marco
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Received on Fri May 16 1997 - 21:37:36 NZST