Unroutable packer to specific IP forces process to run

[Aryeh Friedman]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:33 PM Don Wilde <dwilde1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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 10.31.10.0/24 192.168.11.60"
> >
> > Is there any way to force the gateway machine to run a preset command if
> > 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.
>

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)


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