Re: ifstated equivalent on Linux

[Sebastian Steinhuber <sebastian.steinhuber@googlemail.com>]

Am 16.01.2012 18:24, schrieb Carlos Miranda Molina (Mstaaravin):
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
>> If you provide a description of what ifstated does, then someone might be
>> able to suggest an alternative program (without having to go and look up
>> ifstated themselves)
> 
> Sorry...
> 
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&sektion=8
> 
>     The ifstated daemon runs commands in response to network state changes,
>      which it determines by monitoring interface link state or running
>      external tests.  For example, it can be used with carp(4) to change
>      running services or to ensure that carp(4) interfaces stay in sync, or
>      with pf(4) to test server or link availability and modify translation or
>      routing rules.  The options are as follows:
> 
> 
> In my case i need manage a failover internet conection (actually with
> debian + iproute + firehol) in Linux Wan failover is very hard to
> configure and to see PF + ifstate is very very very very very very
> very very simple.
> 
> Regards
> 

Ifplugd or netplug could do the trick.

Sebastian