I have a nat'd box which obviously has an internal and external ip
address. The box has a third interface which is configured to a
DSL connection. My goal is for that interface to be activated if
the external side fails so that outbound traffic still flows. Any
of you know of a way to accomplish this regardless of the type of
failure.
>> what routing protocols are involved?
Its just IP and nat and there is an IPSec tunnel in place. I need to
know that if the ISP goes out the DSL connection will be able to do
certain things, like say sending an email to a pager letting us know
that the main connection went down.

freebsd does not allow metrics on static routes, which would be the 'normal' hack. i.e. you can not have two default routes with different weights.

so you may be left with a scripted hack which pings, or otherwise checks, the next hops of the two exits and adds/deletes default routes appropriately.

randy
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