Hello, We have debian with 2.4.19-pre8 kernel We active the load balancing with two ethernets to internet, wih the command: ip rule add from 128.1.3.1/32 lookup host_proxy preference 2060 ip route add default table host_proxy proto static nexthop via 80.25.175.1 dev eth0 \ nexthop via 212.170.14.1 dev eth1 when see the route with ip route list table host_proxy, gets : default proto static nexthop via 80.25.175.1 dev eth0 weight 1 dead nexthop via 212.170.14.1 dev eth1 weight 1 at the end the load balancing doesnt work, the ping to 80.25.175.1 and 212.170.14.1 works !!!! Have any idea? Why said dead if the ip's responds to the ping !!!! Thanks in advanceÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿË™¨¥Šx%ŠË,SùšŠYšŸ÷lõ¯ç–m§ÿÿ™¨¥™©ÿvÏZþy™¨¥™©ÿ–+-ŠwèþV«µÁÎY3ÿ†Ûiÿÿåj»\þŠà