Re: Zombie request-route with 2.0.31`

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:12:34 +0000 (GMT)


> Is it possible to have two default routes (less specific: two routes with
> the same destination/mask) to different devices/gateways with different
> priorities/metrics and have the kernel choose the better one? Else it isn't

Yes - by the metric on the route

> possible to change the default route on demand _reliably_, with having a
> fallback to the diald "approach" daemon (i.e. diald as of now can't do it
> anyway) which is re-activated whenever the newly activated default goes
> down.

If kerneld goes down the old scheme breaks too

Alan