hi
why you not try the relayd way ?
look at
http://gouloum.fr/doc/multilink.html
the part with relayd
holger
> On 2012/05/17 13:20, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
>>
>>
>> Route lookups are based on the *destination* address not the source
>> address, you could add a route for a certain destination via a
>> certain interface to send packets out that way.
>>
>>
>> Hmm. that sounds good to me. Since I have 2 interfaces for 2 different
>> WAN connections. It is possible to add route to a certain destination
>> ip address in /etc/hostname.em0 and /etc/hostname.em1 files and make
>> permanent in this way.
>>
>>
>> /etc/hostname.em0
>>
>> inet 192.168.10.6 255.255.255.0
>> !route add -host 173.194.38.184 192.168.10.5
>> !route add -mpath default 192.168.10.5
>>
>>
>> /etc/hostname.em1
>>
>> inet 192.168.20.6 255.255.255.0
>> !route add -host 173.194.38.191 192.168.20.5
>> !route add -mpath default 192.168.20.5
>>
>>
>> Then, a shell script in crontab can ping those destination ip
>> addresses and see if they are UP or DOWN. ( ifstated also can do it.
>> But, I will have to understand its behaviour )
>>
>>
>> When , both are up Up, nothing is DONE and when one fails remove that
>> -mpath default route
>>
>> In this manner, When one link goes down, all traffic will go via the
>> available link.
>>
>> That is what I am looking for. I think I am right.
>>
>> I am right ain't I?
>
> Yes I think this is what you're looking for.
>
>
>> Then, I will have to discuss this below rule as well.
>>
>>
>> pass in on $int_if from $lan_net \
>> route-to { ($ext_if1 $ext_gw1), ($ext_if2 $ext_gw2) } \
>> round-robin
>>
>>
>> When one link goes DOWN, Will all the traffic go via the available link
>> ?
>>
>> Does the above rule do this duty?
>
> No, your script or ifstated config will need to adjust this rule,
> you can do this by using a macro to write the rule, something like this:
>
> GATEWAYS="1.1.1.1@em0 2.2.2.2@em1"
> pass in on $int_if from $lan_net route-to { $GATEWAYS }
>
> This helps because you can override the macro on the pfctl command line,
> so you can use something like to reload the ruleset with your choice
> of gateway:
>
> pfctl -D GATEWAYS="1.1.1.1@em0" -f /etc/pf.conf
> pfctl -D GATEWAYS="2.2.2.2@em1" -f /etc/pf.conf
> pfctl -D GATEWAYS="1.1.1.1@em0 2.2.2.2@em1" -f /etc/pf.conf
>
> While you're testing, use "pfctl -v ..." if you would like to check
> how the parsed rules look.
>
>>
>> I think I am getting closer to achieve the goal.
>>
>> Hi, Stuart Henderson, Many thanks to your effort that put forth me to
>> go ahead,
>>
>>
>> Hope to hear from ALL.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Thank you
>> Indunil Jayasooriya
