Re: [linuxaccra] Re: Monitoring Switched Network Traffic

[Dake K. Odzangba]

On Tuesday 17 November 2009 08:22:06 am you wrote:
> if your box is down there will be no internet service, but if your router
> is on, other machines should be able to talk to each other. if your
> macine is down, you cannot hop over it, to use the internet you would have
> to either boot up the gateway or connect your router directly to the
> modem.

The router is connected directly to the modem. The modem is currently the
gateway (it's one of those modem-cum-router things). I loomed through the
router configuration pages late last night and it's possible to set up multiple
static routes to the boxes connected to the router. I'm at work now so I
cannot test my theory but what will happen if I set up two static routes with
my box first then the modem. Will that mean that my box will be the default
gateway until it goes down then packets get routed through the modem?

PS: Thanks for not RTFMing me. :D
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Cheers,
Odzangba