Re: providers (multilink)

Cleiton Peres Reis
Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:47:59 -0000

Ok. Thanks a lot Tom,

I will try this in the next visit in the company,  and then I will return to the
list.

I also think that avoiding the error and shorewall starting with the
"main"(DUPLICATE)
everything  will work correctly.

Cleiton.



Tom Eastep disse:
> On Friday 02 December 2005 03:07, Cleiton Peres Reis wrote:
>
>>
>> I going to use 1 link to VPN Traffic "only"  and the other
link  to WWW,
>> MAIL, FTP, etc ....
>>
>> >> The shorewall start but some obscure things happen, certainly
because
>> >> routing problems.
>> >
>> > "some obscure things happen" is not a problem report.
Please submit the
>> > information requested at http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm (if
you are
>> > running Shorewall 3.x) or http://www.shorewall.net/2.0/support.htm
(if
>> > you are running Shorewall 2.x).
>>
>> Ok sorry.  I dont''t describe the "obscure things"
because I think is not
>> the main problem.
>>
>> I would only like to know is : there is I problem when I have 2 equal
>> gateways and try to use "main" in the "DUPLICATE"
field at  "providers"
>> file  ?
>>
>
> We can''t tell what the problem is when you put
''main'' in the DUPLICATE column
> without seeing your routing table *before* you try to start Shorewall. A
> trace of ''shorewall start'' would also be helpful.
>
> What I would suggest is that you place ''main'' in the
DUPLICATE column and
> ''none'' in the COPY column. I think that will avoid the
error that you are
> seeing.
>
> If that allows Shorewall to start and you still have ''obscure
things''
> happening then please collect the output of ''shorewall
dump'' (shorewall 3.0)
> or ''shorewall status'' (shorewall 2.x).
>
> Thanks,
> -Tom
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