Use the "metric" part of the routing command. The higher the number means a more expensive link. Set metric 0 for the routes to the ADSL and metric 1 for the routes to the cable. As long assss the ADSL is available your traffic should go that way.
-Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Janssen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 3:16 AM > To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org > Subject: Multiple PPP Links to the Internet > > > Hi Debians... > > I have the following problem. I have 2 connections to the internet. > The first (ppp0) is a pptp connection for ADSL connected to eth1 > and the second (ppp1) is a ppp connection to a cablemodem connected > to a serial port > > So I have: > eth0: Local Lan 192.168.1.x/24 > eth1: Lan to ADSL Modem: 10.0.0.0/24 > ppp0: pptp over eth1 a.b.c.d/32 (Static IP) > ppp1: ppp over serial e.f.g.h/32 (Dynamic) > > Now I want to use the DSL connection as a default, since it's a lot > faster then the cable (yeah... it's a really crappy cable operator) > and then use the cable as a backup system for when the ADSL is down > (Since the ADSL is really new, and will be down occasionally). > > How do I setup my routing etc so that I will use ppp0 by default and > use ppp1 when ppp0 isn't responding. > > While I'm at it... does anyone know of a way to keep the SNMP device > number for the ppp0 and ppp1 devices at a default setting, they keep > changing after every redial of pppd (and then my mrtg barfs up) > > -- > Mark Janssen Unix Consultant @ SyConOS IT > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 > http: maniac.nl, unix-god.[net|org], markjanssen.[com|net|org|nl] > Fax/VoiceMail: +31 84 8757555 Finger for GPG and GeekCode >
