From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 5:13:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6757237B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 05:10:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [64.110.74.50] (helo=poeza.iconnect.co.ke) by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 14L3Af-000Cyv-00; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:07:51 +0300 Received: from wash by poeza.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14L3CL-0009hJ-00; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:09:21 +0300 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:09:21 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: FBSD-Q Cc: OrbinDRH@elec.durban.gov.za Subject: Re: ppp + dialing different numbers Message-ID: <20010123160921.A37089@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , FBSD-Q , OrbinDRH@elec.durban.gov.za References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from "Donald Orbin" on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:27:16PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD poeza.iconnect.co.ke 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Location: Mombasa, KE, East Africa Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Donald Orbin [20010123 15:34]: writing on the subject 'ppp + dialing different numbers' Donald> I hope this message is coming to the right place... all my other searches have been futile. Donald> Donald> I am wanting to use the autodial feature to: Donald> i) Dial number A if the destination ip address is 1.2.3.4 Donald> ii) Dial number B if the destination ip address is anything else Donald> Donald> ie. the BSD box must connect (dial) a certain sserver if a packet to that machine is encountered; or dial an isp number if any other ips are encountered. Donald> Donald> Regards Donald> Donald I may be wrong and daft but I think this is an unrealistic implementation without anything in mind to be achieved. Why am I thinking this way? o Packets will be sent all the time, right? So which packets do you 'put on hold' (how do you prioritize?) o A connection is already made because there are packets destined to 1.2.3.4 and it is a 2MB file - is it not logical that the server has to wait till the 2MB is sent? Looks like you're looking for what the advanced guys call OSPF (Open Shortest Path First??) Just build a ppp gateway and install ZEBRA from the ports as your routing daemon - and configure it - _else_ try to give us more light on your intentions. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. -Niels Bohr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message