Volker I assume the reconnection timeout field found under
Network->Interfaces-> (Edit selected interface) -> Advanced Settings Does not do what you want? I must admit I am not entirely sure what it does! Derek On 09/08/2010 09:26, Volker wrote: >> --- On Fri, 8/6/10, Volker Poplawski<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Volker Poplawski<[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Efw-user] Uplink failover timeout to small >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 6:53 PM >>> Hi all. >>> >>> Efw is a bit too hasty in declaring the main uplink as >>> dead. >>> >>> Every night our DSL connection is cut by the ISP. Our DSL >>> router reconnects in >>> about a minute. But in this period Efw has allready started >>> the expensive UMTS >>> backup uplink. >>> >>> How do i increase the failover timeout? >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> .....Volker >>> > On Saturday 07 August 2010 14:31:21 eric rosel wrote: > >> Hi Volker, >> >> I'm also a bit new to EFW, I recently installed 2.4 Community, can you >> please describe how you configured EFW with 2 uplinks? Does it do >> load-balancing across your 2 uplinks? >> >> I also have 2 uplinks, and I'll try to configure it like yours, so we can >> compare notes, and maybe arrive at a solution. >> >> Thanks, >> -eric >> >> > Hi Eric. > > I have a 'main' uplink, which is a A-DSL line and a secondary uplink, which is > a UMTS modem. The secondary uplink is to take over (i.e. started) when the > main uplink fails to keep internet connection going. I do not do load > balancing. > > main uplink was setup via 'system' => 'network configuration'. In my case efw > is connected to a DSL router which does the DSL, pppoe and nat stuff. > > The settings under 'network' => 'Interfaces' => 'Uplink Editor' are > Type: Ethernet Static > Device: The eth interface, the dsl router is connected to > IP address& netmask : 192.168.114.1/24 (192.168.114.0 is a transfer net > between the dsl router and efw. 192.168.114.1 is the ip of the efw in that > net) > Default GW: 192.168.114.254 (that's the dsl router) > Prim DNS: our internal dns Sec DNS: 8.8.8.8 (that's google's dns) > Uplink is enabled and started on boot and managed > Now come the settings relevant to failover > 'If this uplink fails activate' 'uplink1' (uplink1 is the umts uplink) > 'check hosts': 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8 pings and should be reliable) > (no 'advanced settings') > > Secondary uplink 'uplink1' (the name is assigned by efw and can not be > changed) is a Huawei UMTS usb modem. It runs out of the box on efw and > OpenSuse 11.x. Just make sure you reboot efw in case it gets unplugged from > usb. Otherwise the device assignment (ttyUSBx) will get messed up in efw and > the uplink won't work. > Settings are > Type: Analog/Umts Modem > Serial/USB Port: Usb Port 0 > Modem Type: UMTS/HSDPA modem > Baudrate: 460800 > Access point name: pinternet.interkom.de (given to me by my UMTS ISP) > AuthMethod: PAP or CHAP > Uplink is enabled and NOT started on boot and uplink is managed > 'if this uplink fails....' is NOT checked > Check hosts: 8.8.8.8 > (no 'advanced settings') > > > Problems are: efw will s.t. loose the UMTS modem from the usb bus and needs a > reboot. This might be are HW problem. > Failover gets triggered to easily. see above. > > > > Hope this helps you. > Regards > ......Volker > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Efw-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
