So track something that is through the Firewall. Create a static host route to the router on the other side of the firewall. You don't want your ping to start working again, unless the firewall is working again.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122newft/122 t/122t15/fthsrptk.htm David -- http://dcp.dcptech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fonesurj > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:54 AM > To: Rodney Dunn > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Static route withdrawal / tracking arp > > Can't ping the outside interface of the firewall. > > I'm not seeing where the functionality required is available. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodney Dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "fonesurj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Static route withdrawal / tracking arp > > > > You can get the same type thing with Object tracking of > static routes. > > > > Search for it on CCO. > > > > You can monitor the state of the FW and have the route adjusted > > accordingly. > > > > Rodney > > > > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 09:57:06AM -0400, fonesurj wrote: > >> I have a router connected to a switch on Fa0/0. I have a > static route > >> pointing to another company's firewall that is out that interface. > >> > >> That static route won't go away if the firewall takes a > poop and the > >> switch does not. > >> > >> So wouldn't it be sweet if we could withdraw the static > route if the > >> firewall stopped responding to ARPs? > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
