[Xorp-users] static qualified next-hop-router problem

[Adam Greenhalgh]

Tuan,

You didn't say whether you were running any routing protocols.

Adam

On 09/01/2008, Tuan Hoang <tuan.hoang at agilecommunications.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm using a XORP 1.4 under CentOS 4.5.  I have a router connected to two
> ISP's and want to detect when my primary gateway is down on eth1 (Note:
> ethernet link is still up but gateway is unreachable) and then switch over
> my default route to my other ISP's gateway on eth2.
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> I have the static route configured with the a simple next-hop-router to eth1
> with ISP1's GW and also a qualified next-hop-router to eth2 with ISP2's GW.
> When I turn off my cable modem to ISP1, XORP does not change my default
> route's GW to ISP2's GW on eth2.  The only way I've gotten this to work is
> by removing the eth1 ethernet cable to cause the interface flags to change.
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> FWIW, I've made sure that the ARP cache is flushed for the ISP1 GW.
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> Thanks,
> Tuan
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> P.S.  Please reply all since I am not subscribing to the list.
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