[NTLUG:Discuss] using the dsl and dial up connections at the sametime

[David Evans]

okay I am gonna try it,  I will let you know thanks for your time

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:25, Greg Camp wrote:
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>>When you start dialup it probably changes your routing to force dialup
>>to be primary.  I'm not sure of the commands, but you might be able to
>>initiate dialup in such a way that it does not change routing.
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>The "if-up/down" and other scripts under PPP typically handle this.
>You just need to set some routing "metrics" for the different paths to
>different subnets.
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>At most, you might need to break out a little sed or Perl with a regex
>or two.  There are probably examples already.
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>>Then you could execute a script to route just the subnets required over the
>>dialup link and leave everything else going out the ethernet.
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>Yep.  Although this can be largely automated.  Welcome to _real_
>(although basic) routing -- not the BS of a SOHO "NAT device."
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><soapbox>God I hate it when they call those things "routers."  98% of
>them have no such capability.  There are some major reasons for the
>technical distinction.  Anyone who has had to yank rogue NAT devices off
>of their corporate network should know what I'm talking about. 
>;-ppp</soapbox>
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