diff --git a/docs/MultiISP.xml b/docs/MultiISP.xml
index fcc5285f4..4b722548e 100644
--- a/docs/MultiISP.xml
+++ b/docs/MultiISP.xml
@@ -640,14 +640,22 @@
place to start.
+ The script should be copied to a directory on root's PATH such as
+ /usr/local/sbin/.
+
The script monitors two interfaces but it is a trivial exercise to
extend it to more than two. At the top are a number of variables to
set:
- # The commands to run when the status of a line changes. Both commands will be executed.
+ #
+# IP family -- 4 or 6
#
-COMMAND1=
-COMMAND2="ip -4 route ls"
+FAMILY=4
+#
+# The commands to run when the status of a line changes. Both commands will be executed.
+#
+COMMANDA=
+COMMANDB="ip -$FAMILY route ls"
...
#
# Interfaces to monitor -- you may use shell variables from your params file
@@ -676,7 +684,7 @@ UP_COUNT=5
#
DOWN_COUNT=2
- If you leave COMMAND1 empty, the script sets its value
+ If you leave COMMANDA empty, the script sets its value
automatically depending on whether Shorewall-lite is installed.
When the status of an interface changes:
@@ -722,11 +730,28 @@ return $status
on OpenSuSE 11.0 -- YMMV. Modify the PROG and
STATEDIR variables as needed.
+ As an alternative to using the init script, you can add the
+ following to /etc/shorewall/started:
+
+ if [ "$COMMAND" = start ]; then
+ killall -9 swping 2> /dev/null #be sure that there are none left running
+ /usr/local/sbin/swping &
+fi
+
+ and add this to
+ /etc/shorewall/stopped.
+
+ if [ "$COMMAND" = stop -o "$COMMAND" = clear ]; then
+ killall -9 swping 2> /dev/null
+fi
+
This simple script has a number of limitations:
- It only works on IPv4 (but is easy to modify for IPv6)
+ It only works on IPv4 or IPv6 but not both at once. So if you
+ want to monitor both IPv4 and IPv6, you need to clone the script are
+ run two copies; one for IPv4 and one for IPv6.
@@ -744,7 +769,7 @@ return $status
- It is tricky to configure a system such that a system works
+ It is tricky to configure a system such that the system works
correctly when one of its providers is down unless you largely don't
care which interface is used.