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

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