FreeBSD network failover

Nikolay Denev ndenev at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 08:15:03 PST 2008


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On 16 Dec, 2008, at 11:56 , Gabe wrote:

> I have a nat'd box which obviously has an internal and external ip  
> address. The box has a third interface which is configured to a DSL  
> connection. My goal is for that interface to be activated if the  
> external side fails so that outbound traffic still flows. Any of you  
> know of a way to accomplish this regardless of the type of failure.
>
> I looked into CARP but I am not convinced that this would do what I  
> need it to.
>
> /gabe
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pfSense for example accomplishes this by using pf(4) with slbd (/usr/ 
ports/net/slbd).

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Regards,
Nikolay Denev




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