> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thank you
> >> Indunil Jayasooriya
>
>
--
Thank you
Indunil Jayasooriya
