Unroutable packer to specific IP forces process to run

[Don Wilde]

On 8/6/20 2:35 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:33 PM Don Wilde <dwilde1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dwilde1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 8/6/20 2:30 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
>     > I have VPN that has stability problems (the fault of the ISP and
>     they admit
>     > it) I have set up one my FreeBSD machine as a router for that
>     specific VPN:
>     > # on non-gateway machines in /etc/rc.conf
>     > static_routes="internalnet2"
>     > route_internalnet2="-net 10.31.10.0/24 <http://10.31.10.0/24>
>     192.168.11.60"
>     >
>     > Is there any way to force the gateway machine to run a preset
>     command if
>     > 10.31.10.0/24 <http://10.31.10.0/24> is unreachable?  (i.e.
>     reset the connection)
>     What about a simple scripted cron-job ping, Aryeh? Sometimes the
>     simplest solutions are the best.
>
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> The amount time the connection stays up is unpredictable and due to 
> the use case it needs to be repaired immediately if down (not even a 5 
> min delay for cron to do its normal wake up and look for a job is 
> acceptable)

Understood.

So how about a simple C daemon that pings every ten seconds? Just set 
the ping count to 1.

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> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org

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