On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Chris Flugstad <ch...@cascadelink.com> wrote:
> So i have 2 WANS
> 100.100.100.4   DSL
> 216.127.123.4   Wireless back to Colo
>
> When the Wireless backhaul is disconnected or "down", anything else on its
> subnet is not accessible over the other WAN.  It's as if it only things it
> can access it through that wan and not through the other.  Maybe this isnt
> the case.  I noticed this when I was using the wireless for something else
> and our phones went down.  Service is provider to them on the same subnet as
> the backhaul, and although they CAN get to there server via the dsl, they
> werent for some reason.  Even after adding a firewall rule to send ANY
> packet on IP of phone to GW dsl line, it still wouldnt.  Creepy?  I'll play
> more with it tomorrow.  Not a problem,, as I can just plug back in the
> wireless, but just a thought as to why this was happening, and to avoid it
> in the situation the wireless goes down, God forbid.
>

Probably one of two things:
1) Existing state out the wireless that doesn't get closed when it
fails and no new connection is attempted.
2) Traffic proxied through something on the firewall (ex: siproxd),
which will always obey the system routing table.

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