Valeri, not on list as it does not pertain to Linux. On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 10:25:23AM -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > ... > > IPADDR2=192.168.1.10 > > BROADCAST2=192.168.1.255 <-- > > NETMASK2=255.255.255.0 > > NETWORK2=192.168.1.0 <-- > > GATEWAY2=192.168.1.1 <-- > > Interesting... With these settings, namely GATEWAY2=..., how the > arbitration is done (in networks stack) which of gateways is used for > packets to be sent outside of networks the machine is on? > > As far as I know FreeBSD, there can be only one gateway (BTW, synonym: > default gateway). Theoretically, the machine can have more than one > gateway, but for that you need to have specially configured firewall/nat. > Is this somehow different in Linux, and Linux does that auto-magically? > Decades ago, I was running Solaris x86 at home. My internet connection was a 24/7 14.4KBaud phone connection to my ISP. I then added my first broadband cable connection. During the transition I investigated dual gateways. At that time, Solaris just alternated between the two. It wasn't load balancing, and once a connection was made it stayed with that interface if it was up. Just new connections alternately were sent via one or the other gateway interfaces. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jon at jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)