Re: Advice on multiple interfaces

Chris Mason
2006-02-18T02:51:49Z

>
> Like I said, 2 or more dhcp assigned addresses are a problem, have
> look at this thread in the email archives "Shorewall with multiple
> providers - basically three-in-one" started by Russel, who replied to
> you also. In short dhcp replaces the default gateway. I have some
> patches that work around that, based on fedora''s init layout. I
> submitted them to fedora''s bugzilla as an enhancement.

It won''t be DHCP, once I have the IP I will write a static IP
configuration file.

>> Should I use the providers configuration options or is that for load
>> balancing similar feeds?
>
>
> You''ll need to use the providers file, to setup the advanced
routing
> tables and "ip rules", or do it in your own script.
>
>> Can I have a default route through ISP1 then route specific traffic,
>> i.e. http, out specific interfaces, is that a better approach than
>> the providers file?
>>
> How did you plan on doing that without the advanced routing tables?
> No, from experence you''ll need to have a multi-hop gateway anyway,
and
> then use fwmarks to tag the traffic as needed. The tcrules file will
> setup the fwmarks for you.
>
>> General approach questions.
>>
> General answers.
>
> Jerry
>
Excellent comments, thanks. Saved me a lot of time messing with any
other approach.
Thanks,
Chris