Re: providers (multilink)

Cleiton Peres Reis
Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:07:17 -0000

Ok.

Tom Eastep disse:
> On Thursday 01 December 2005 12:04, Cleiton Peres Reis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to clarify a doubt on the configuration of the archive
>> "providers" :
>>
>> I have two DSL links both are dedicated :
>>
>> Link1:  200.163.191.58   (ppp0)
>> Gw1:   200.180.128.228
>>
>> Link2:  200.163.190.41   (ppp1)
>> Gw2:    200.180.128.228
>>
>> (Yes both gateway are equal)
>>
>> I don''t do balance betwen the links.
>
> So if you are not going to balance, what *are* you going to do? Route
> everything out of one line? Specify where all traffic goes using entries
> in /etc/shorewall/tcrules? You can''t just say "I
don''t do balance" without
> having a plan for *exactly* how you plan to assign packets to your two
lines.

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  ?

Sorry I did not send the information described at
http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm
because I undid the configuration in "providers" and put the
configuration in the old way
with shell scripts.
The server is  300km of distance and  I do not want to take the risk to lose the
connection
:-)    . I made this test when was physically there.


Thanks.