On 9/13/10 5:08 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > So, let's say you have dual links to two ISPs providing you with two > different IP addresses (i.e. rather than real multipoint routing to a > single network) and further assume you have them configured so that one > of the links is considered your "primary" link and takes the bulk of > your traffic (i.e. no load balancing). > > Now, Let's say your "primary" link fails and your "fallback" link takes > over (either due to manual jiggering or something like LSM) > successfully. Connections will be re-connected through the fallback > link and work just fine. > > At some time, the "primary" link is restored. New connections will go > through the newly restored primary link, however existing connections > will continue to go through the fallback link. > > What's the general consensus on this? Do you just let those connections > continue to use the backup link until they terminate and are > regenerated, at which time they will use the primary link? Or are some > people removing entries from/flushing the conntrack table to get > existing connections to reconnect through the primary link?
I didn't worry about them. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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