Re: (nearly) dynamic DNS update

2001-02-03 Thread LeighK
On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > My idea was to write a cron job that would get the current IP address, and > ftp over a file to a "well known server". As I am charged for each minute > that actual traffic flows, I do not wish to use dhis.net, as it sends a > packet each minute. A pack

Re: (nearly) dynamic DNS update

2001-02-03 Thread LeighK
On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > My idea was to write a cron job that would get the current IP address, and > ftp over a file to a "well known server". As I am charged for each minute > that actual traffic flows, I do not wish to use dhis.net, as it sends a > packet each minute. A pac

Re: Detecting a down link and rerouting

2001-01-08 Thread LeighK
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Robert Davidson wrote: > > you want to do some dynamic routing. for that very purpose, zebra with > > bgp comes to mind. > > Hehe.. so does a headache! ;) > > The way I'd do it, be it crude or not, is using the ping command to > send out a couple packets, then if the ping s

Detecting a down link and rerouting

2001-01-08 Thread LeighK
Hey all, I have 3 interfaces in my linux box. One goes to the local lan, one goes to the internet via T1, and one is a dedicated ppp link through my company. I would like to know if there's any program out there to detect if the internet ethernet is down, or at least is experiencing almost 100% p

Re: Ethernet card recommendations?

2000-04-08 Thread LeighK
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Chris Wagner wrote: > Speaking of the SMC cards, I ran SMC EtherEZ's 10BaseT on ISA and got some > weird behaviour from time to time. When I first set it up, things were > great. Getting 7Mbps ftp transfers. But this began to decline and then > finally flucuate. Before I tu