Routing question -- multiple gateway setup?

[William Park]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:38:51AM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Right now my route monitoring script deals quite well with the
> situation by manually shifting the default route if the primary link
> drops.  HTTP traffic is already designated to go out over the
> secondary by way of a proxy-cache.

1.  So, at any one time, there is only one default in your routing
    table, right?  

2.  How do you determine if primary route is down?  Do you ping, and if
    no response, then change the default gateway entry in the routing
    table?

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William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada
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