On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote: > Nope. Polling for connectivity is what you're stuck with doing, unless you > want to do some kernel hacking. I'm not too familiar with the latest kernel netfilter capabilities, but is it possible to MARK certain packet (eg retransmits) so that they could be caught by the netlink device which sends them to a userspace program, which changes the default route? Or could you mark ICMP destination unreachables to fling them up the netlink chain into userspace? Paul Wouters Xtended Internet -- Broerdijk 27 Postbus 170 Tel: 31-24-360 39 19 6523 GM Nijmegen 6500 AD Nijmegen Fax: 31-24-360 19 99 The Netherlands The Netherlands info@xxxxxxxxx