Hi I''m trying to have an expensive satellite line as backup for my traditional vsat isp. I have followed the multi isp documentation as good as I can but face a problem when the vsat ISP provider fails. Shorewall refuses to startup due to the lack of the provider. Compiling /etc/shorewall/accounting... Generating Rule Matrix... Creating iptables-restore input... Compiling iptables-restore input for chain mangle:... Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.start Starting Shorewall.... Initializing... Loading Modules... Processing /etc/shorewall/init ... Processing /etc/shorewall/tcclear ... Setting up Route Filtering... Setting up Martian Logging... Setting up Proxy ARP... Adding Providers... Provider fbb (1) Added ERROR: Interface eth0 is not usable -- Provider vsat (2) Cannot be Added Processing /etc/shorewall/stop ... Processing /etc/shorewall/tcclear ... Shorewall-generated routing tables and routing rules removed Running debug_restore_input... IPv4 Forwarding Enabled Processing /etc/shorewall/stopped ... /usr/share/shorewall/lib.common: line 63: 10323 Terminated $SHOREWALL_SHELL $script $options $@ I guess there is something missing in my config. If I remove the eth0.status or set the content to 0 everything works as supposed again. zones fw firewall net ipv4 loc ipv4 bup ipv4 adm ipv4 interfaces net eth0 detect loc eth1 detect adm eth2 detect bup eth3 detect providers fbb 1 1 main eth3 192.168.10.1 track,loose,fallback eth1,eth2 vsat 2 2 main eth0 213.52.18.137 track,balance eth1,eth2 Then the lsm scripts are as described in the MultiISP document, isusable etc. /GH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev
On 10/27/10 7:42 AM, Göran Höglund wrote:> Hi > I''m trying to have an expensive satellite line as backup for my > traditional vsat isp. > I have followed the multi isp documentation as good as I can but face a > problem when the vsat ISP provider fails. > Shorewall refuses to startup due to the lack of the provider. > > Compiling /etc/shorewall/accounting... > Generating Rule Matrix... > Creating iptables-restore input... > Compiling iptables-restore input for chain mangle:... > Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.start > Starting Shorewall.... > Initializing... > Loading Modules... > Processing /etc/shorewall/init ... > Processing /etc/shorewall/tcclear ... > Setting up Route Filtering... > Setting up Martian Logging... > Setting up Proxy ARP... > Adding Providers... > Provider fbb (1) Added > ERROR: Interface eth0 is not usable -- Provider vsat (2) Cannot be Added > Processing /etc/shorewall/stop ... > Processing /etc/shorewall/tcclear ... > Shorewall-generated routing tables and routing rules removed > Running debug_restore_input... > IPv4 Forwarding Enabled > Processing /etc/shorewall/stopped ... > /usr/share/shorewall/lib.common: line 63: 10323 Terminated > $SHOREWALL_SHELL $script $options $@ > > I guess there is something missing in my config. If I remove the > eth0.status or set the content to 0 everything works as supposed again. > zones > fw firewall > net ipv4 > loc ipv4 > bup ipv4 > adm ipv4 > > interfaces > net eth0 detectYou must specify the ''optional'' option if you want the firewall to be able to start when this interface is not usable. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev
On 10/28/10 6:07 AM, Göran Höglund wrote:> Hi > The problem is solved. > I just set a static route to the ping targets outside Shorewall. > I asume ther are some config file aimed for this pupose though ? >Depends on your distribution.> I also let LSM run continously.Which you must do. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev