Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:05:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Cornejo <cornejo@epatl.genmagic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routing to multiple internet connections Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112220327.22079P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199801091750.JAA17832@epatl.genmagic.com>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Dave Cornejo wrote: > I have two connections to the Internet - one frame relay and one cable > modem connected to two separate ethernet segments. I have one FreeBSD > box sitting on both segments. My main network is the ethernet > connected to the frame relay, and I need most things to happen through > that network. For http & ftp however, I want to put a > proxy/cache/whatever on the FreeBSD system and have it route it's > traffic specifically to the cable modem segment. > > It's easy enough to get the packets to the interface, but the problem > is that essentially I have two 'default' gateways, one for each > interface. Getting real routing info from the routers is problematic, > as both claim to offer default routing and I only have access to the > one on the frame relay network. > > So, am I screwed and just need to pick one net or the other as my > default? Or does anybody have any suggestions? You need to pick one. Routing can't route based on port addresses, as far as I know. You can hold one of them as a backup, however, so if your primary link goes down you can (manually) reroute to the other link. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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