Be attentive : you don't use 24.141.xxx.1 -> xxx should be a number and the "24.141.xxx.1" should be the gateway you're using with the 24.141. ip adress (.videotron.ca?) and the 64.226.xxx.1 should be the gw your 64.226. ip adress uses (pacbell.net ? :)))) ) Best Regards Dan Caescu > > > > # /sbin/ip route add default nexthop via 24.141.xxx.1 nexthop via > > 64.229.xxx.1 > > RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable > > You forgot to setup host routes to 64.229.xxx.1 and 24.141.xxx.1 over the > correct interfaces. > > > So instead, I tried: > > > > # /sbin/ip route add default nexthop via 24.141.xxx.1 dev eth0 nexthop via > > 64.229.xxx.1 dev ppp0 > > Well, that works as well. No host routes needed. :) > > > # ip route ls > > 64.229.xxx.1 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 64.229.xxx.12 > > 24.141.xxx.0/22 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 24.141.xxx.89 > > 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link > > default > > nexthop dev eth0 weight 1 > > nexthop dev ppp0 weight 1 > > Ah, yes. You might get problems with the selection of the source address you > come from though. The situation that might occur is a route going over ppp0 > using 24.141.xxx.89 as source address. That will probably *not* work. > > > Now this seems to work. Is there anything wrong with this? Can you take > > a guess at why what you suggested didn't work? I think I tried all the > > different permutations with addresses, I think the problem must come from > > the pppoe interface. > > I don't think the problem comes from the pppoe interface. I've set up stuff > like this with ppp over pptp over ethernet links (*silly* ADSL setup), and > that works as well. > > > Now all I have to do is kludge something together for my redundancy, set > > up firewalling, and masqerading. > > Note: you may want to set up policy rules for dealing with packets that > already have a source or destination address. This will let servers running > on your system that bind to 0.0.0.0/0 answer to requests from both links > over the correct link. Browse through the mailinglist archives for some > hints on how to set that up. > > Doei, Arthur. > > -- > /\ / | arthurvl@xxxxxxxxxx | Work like you don't need the money > /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt > / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching > > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://ds9a.nl/2.4Routing/
