On 02/17/2012 03:35 AM, Niall O Broin wrote:> I want to setup a shorewall using two providers. One is DSL and will
> be our preferred link. The other is over a shared leased line where
> we pay for traffic, so we obviously prefer to not use that. However,
> we have a complication in that we have people connecting into various
> servers in the office, over either of the connections. How would that
> work with the dual provider setup. If somebody made an incoming
> connection over the LL would the packet tagging persist such that the
> packets back to him would use the correct connection?
>
With the ''track'' option on the providers or with
TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes in
shorewall.conf, response packets will be sent over the same provider as
the incoming connection was received through.
-Tom
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