On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/6/2014 8:57 AM, Tom Eastep wrote: >> On 7/6/2014 7:55 AM, Tom Eastep wrote: >>> On 7/6/2014 3:08 AM, Lee Brown wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> One of the providers I use has their gateway on the other side of a >>>> radio bridge several miles away. Occasionally the MAC detection that >>>> Shorewall does fails and prevents Shorewall from starting. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to specify the MAC address manually for these gateways >>>> in the providers file? I couldn't see anyway to specify it. >>> >>> There is currently no way to specify the MAC manually. >>> >> >> Here is a lightly-tested patch. In the INTERFACE column, enter >> <interface>:<address>[,<mac>] >> >> Here's an example: >> >> #NAME NUMBER MARK DUPLICATE INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS >> Blarg 1 0x100 - eth0.1:206.124.146.176,00:01:02:03:04:05\ >> 206.124.146.254 balance,track >> > > The more that I think about this, the more I believe that the MAC > address should go in the GATEWAY column rather than in the INTERFACE > column. Example: > > #NAME NUMBER MARK DUP INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS > Blarg 1 0x100 - eth0.1:206.124.146.176\ > 206.124.146.254,00:01:02:03:04:05\ > balance,track > > Modified patch attached. Thank you Tom,
I agree it should be the gateway, that's what MAC is barfing for me at least. I'll test the patch as soon as I am able to. Regards - lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
