Forcing a packet through an interface (OT?)

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Mario Lobo wrote:

>Yeah Stefan. They do take the default route. That is what I am already doing.
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>I even wrote a little prog using a variation of ping to do just that.
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>The problem lies with the fact that, there is a router between my rl0 and the internet.
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>1) rl0 -----------> router ----------> antenna ------>  ISPx ------> internet
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>So the fact that i can ping the hop next to rl0 doesn´t mean the link is up :(.
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>That is why I NEED to ping something on the internet.
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I don't think so.  You can follow Chad Leigh's advice and ping a router 
on your ISP.  Figure out where your packets through ISP1 are routed (try 
traceroute) and then add a static route through ethernet1 to that 
router.  You can do similar for ISP2.  Then a ping of either router will 
always try to go through the network card appropriate to that ISP.

--Alex