Hello The mail server have 2 ips one for 65.169.240. and the second 169.158.32. network.
This is de configuration havae in my server:. NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=MailServer #GATEWAY=169.158.32.1 GATEWAY=65.169.240.209 In this moment my gateway is 65.169.240.209, because the other (commented with #) is down, so i have to do tha manually and restart the network service I thanks to you i study how to do it with HSRP. And study how this changes affects my mail server. So when 169.158.32. is down. I have to to manually the change of gateways ""Chris Charlebois"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Depends alot on what kind of connection you want. If you are just talking > about outbound access from your site, that isn't a problem. Setup the two > routers on the same subnet and use HSRP. Best practive would be to set up > two HSRP address; each router will be primarary for one address and backup > for the other. That way you can direct traffic over a specific connection > when it's all up, but traffic will failover to one connection if the other > goes down. > > If, on the other hand, you want to maintain public services during an outage > (ie, web pages, FTP sites, incoming e-mail), that is a gorilla of a > completly different color. If you're site is big enough, you could justify > a /19 public address, which can be routed via BGP. That would solve alot of > you're problems, but it's unlikely that you'd be asking the question if you > had a /19. Some protocols will allow you to specifiy a backup via DNS (I'm > thinking SMTP), but that only helps with mail. Otherwise, you're options > are co-locateing the equipment you always want available, or switching both > your WAN connections to the same ISP. THere is no really easy solution. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36379&t=36379 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
