Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:02:55 +0200 From: Bernard Higonnet <bthcom@higonnet.net> To: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to find out a VPN link has gone down (or better, come back up)? Message-ID: <51BE27FF.1020502@higonnet.net> In-Reply-To: <51BDCE49.1000207@freebsd.org> References: <51BD91E8.8060501@higonnet.net> <5DD08E44-E481-4FF9-A5A8-AFE3E341A57C@my.gd> <51BDCE49.1000207@freebsd.org>
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Well it does seem to work and is the most straight-forward solution, though presumably the devd approach should work. Thanks to both! Bernard Higonnet On 16/06/2013 16:40, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 6/16/13 8:51 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> I might be wrong but wouldn't that be a job for devd ? >> >> Alternatively set a cron job every minute to reinstall the route. > > use the up/down scripts to install the routes... that's what they are for. > >> >> >> On 16 Jun 2013, at 12:22, Bernard Higonnet <bthcom@higonnet.net> wrote: >> >>> I have a machine, FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0, running a VPN (MPD5) server. >>> >>> Every once in a while, the link goes down, presumably because of some >>> third-party event on the network. >>> >>> When this happens, an element placed in the routing table by hand >>> disappears since the node on the VPN server to the far-off client >>> machine no longer exists (even though the entry in the routing table >>> is marked "permanent" when it does exist). When the network problem >>> goes away, the VPN link is automatically restored, but not the >>> routing table. >>> >>> Can someone tell me if there is a way to be notified that the link >>> has been restored so that I can run a script etc. to restore the >>> routing table to what I want? >>> >>> TIA >>> Bernard Higonnet >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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