On 5/5/2014 9:24 AM, Filippo Carletti wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using shorewall (4.5.18) and lsm (0.163) with a two ISP setup.
> I followed documentation and the linuxfest presentation (all provider
> balance), but choose to ping remote ip instead of the local gateway.
> lsm is started as a service, not by shorewall.
> The setup is working, but I'm not sure on what to do when lsm detects
> a link down event.
> I tried shorewall disable ispX, but it deletes the routing rules, so
> the link cannot come back.
> I could adjust the mangle file and restart shorewall: would it be a
> good idea? Any other suggested option?
> 
> I choose not to ping the connection gateway because both gateway are
> local and never go down, while especially one connection (wimax) goes
> down once in a while and I can detect status pinging a remote ip.

You must configure a static route to the remote IP address in the main
routing table. We recommend doing that using your distribution's network
configuration tool rather than doing it in Shorewall.

-Tom
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