Hello, ratheesh k a écrit : > > i have two default routes , I used below two commands to add routes . > > route add default gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 metric 0 > route add default gw 10.232.18.5 dev eth1 metric 1 > > So 10.232.18.5 will become the default route since it is added > secondly . All packets are routed to this address. No. Lower metric wins regardless of route order, so the default gateway is 192.168.1.1. You can check with "ip route get <destination>". > Suppose > 10.232.18.5 machine is down , will the packets will use the next > default route ? No, the kernel has no dead gateway detection AFAIK. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
