Hi,
I have this situation: 2 inet connection at 2 different ISP, one with 2Mbps and one with 128kbps; and a big NATed network behind it, and a small group of real addresses.
I want to do this: use the first connection as "primary" connection, and if this fails, go to the second connection, as a backup.
The problem is that none of the ISP will help me in any way, so I have to find a solution by my own.
I am trying to avoid the making of a software that watches the connections and "declare" a line dead when no TCP connection can be made, thus switching to the secondary/backup line.
I realize that there is no way of using the group of real addresses on the backup line, since they are not routed, but this is not of such importance. I need only to provide Internet connection for the NATed network.
So... can someone provide me with some good practical advice for this situation ?
NOTE:
I want to use FreeBSD for this, so FreeBSD specific advices are welcome. In fact I don't even think of other solution.
I realize that this is not a very common situation, and I hope I have explained it sufficiently clear.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
You might want to look at various patches for FreeBSD multipath routing that are available via the mailing lists. They're pretty easy to find with a search for FreeBSD Multimath routing via google.
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