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Re: assigning "best" gateway via DHCP



> What might I do Linux-wise to create a "system" that looked at multiple
> gateways and then assigned (via DHCP) the gateway that was the least
> congested?
>
> Anyone have any good suggestions in this department?
>
> (I am planning on having a temporary wireless mesh with several
> satellite uplinks, and I would like to forward requests to whichever
> uplink is the least utilized)

This is in essence what routers do (select the next hop that is the
"closest" to the destination).  Do you mean that your "system" plans to
utilize more than one default gateway and try and select the "best" based
on some congestion criterion?
Larry
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