RE: Multiple PPP Links to the Internet
Use the "metric" part of the routing command. The higher the number means a
more expensive link. Set metric 0 for the routes to the ADSL and metric 1
for the routes to the cable. As long assss the ADSL is available your
traffic should go that way.
-Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Janssen [mailto:maniac@markjanssen.homeip.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 3:16 AM
> To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Multiple PPP Links to the Internet
>
>
> Hi Debians...
>
> I have the following problem. I have 2 connections to the internet.
> The first (ppp0) is a pptp connection for ADSL connected to eth1
> and the second (ppp1) is a ppp connection to a cablemodem connected
> to a serial port
>
> So I have:
> eth0: Local Lan 192.168.1.x/24
> eth1: Lan to ADSL Modem: 10.0.0.0/24
> ppp0: pptp over eth1 a.b.c.d/32 (Static IP)
> ppp1: ppp over serial e.f.g.h/32 (Dynamic)
>
> Now I want to use the DSL connection as a default, since it's a lot
> faster then the cable (yeah... it's a really crappy cable operator)
> and then use the cable as a backup system for when the ADSL is down
> (Since the ADSL is really new, and will be down occasionally).
>
> How do I setup my routing etc so that I will use ppp0 by default and
> use ppp1 when ppp0 isn't responding.
>
> While I'm at it... does anyone know of a way to keep the SNMP device
> number for the ppp0 and ppp1 devices at a default setting, they keep
> changing after every redial of pppd (and then my mrtg barfs up)
>
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