> I have a general routing question. We have a dedicated link from UUNET and
> IP addresses from them. We have Linux servers etc. Now sometimes due to the
> local loop problem our link is down for 2-4 hours. During this time all
> network/Internet activity stops. Now if I arrange for another link, say a
> dedicated dialup line so in case of emergency I switch to that. If I do
> that I will be given one IP address from my ISP, so I have the problem of
> receving email and providing our dns service.
>
> Can anyone suggest methods/routing technique so that our setup keeps
> running and in case of emergency we switch to dialup line and yet no harm
> comes to our services. Should I also include the dialup IP as secondary DNS
> for my domain ?. Any alternative that you people have already implemented.
You should specify the dialup IP as one of the DNS servers, and also
as a backup MX.
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