Hello everyone


I want to build a script that verifys the gateway and when it's down to change it automatically to let's say 172.16.1.1

Can anyone help me, please?
tyvm

Hi,

I don't think you'll find any LQ user willing to do the work for you. You'll have to put in some of your time and show us what you already have. Then we'll take it from there to try and solve your issue. First of all do you have knowledge of Bash, Perl, Python or any other scripting language that you would prefer to use? If so, post what you figured out already.

Kind regards,

Eric

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I don't know any scripting language.
Al I know is that I can:
vi script.sh
chmod +x script.sh
chmod 777 script.sh
vi script.sh
!#/bin/bash
and then I write some arguments

if [ ! -f $ ]
then

else

then

ping 172.16.1.1
route add default gw 172.16.1.1

But I don't know the script language.
I'm not asking someone to do my work, in less than 15 seconds you can do this script, but I don't know and I don't know where do find. I don't know from where to start.

Hello,

Fair enough! But if you say you want to build a script, then at least you need to understand 'the nature of the beast' and start learning. Walk before trying to run, no offense.

To check if a host is alive you can use ping -c 1 <IP>. If the result of the command is 0 (zero) then the host is alive, if it is 1 (one) then the host is not responding to your ping (watch out if you try this on a network where ICMP is blocked since it will always return failure).

Also if you're changing a default gateway you'll need to reload/restart networking. To avoid problems you'll need to delete the 'unavailable' gateway, set the new one and reload/restart your networking and if you have more then one NIC you'd better indicate it when setting a route.

If you indicate what distro you are using we'll know where to start.

In the meanwhile, if you feel like reading start with these links to learn Bash:
Bash Beginners Guide
Advanced Bash Scripting Guide

Kind regards,

Eric

feeder page to some bash tutes.

http://www.linuxconfig.org/Bash_scripting_Tutorial

hang on a sec!

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Let's say ubuntu 32 bit. v 10.04

That command it's good because it stops after 1 ping/reply.

So in the script I say:

ping -c 1 172.16.1.1
then argument:
if what?
I know that I need to restart networking, it's np. I will test the script more times and I will adapt it but I first need to build up the script. Please help.

Is there any way you as a user knows when the network is down? (unless you invoke it, like refreshing a web-page)

Like knotify? (kde env)

if so you maybe able to add an instruction (read a script, aka macro) to restart the network service when ever it disconnects.

Never tried, but the method is there. and I know I can make an alert sound for whenever the network dis/connects.

See how you go, regards Glenn

Google is your friend!

"How to write a script" +Linux

First item found, How to Write a Script in Linux

Suggested link from there, How to Write in Shell Script

Between these two short how-tos you should be well on the way.

When you run into a difficulty, post your script here and ask for advice/help and you are more likely to receive a sympathetic response.

I suggest that you start with writing a simple script, get it working, then move on to a more difficult one. Small steps are normally easier than large ones.

Paul

Hi,

OK, so you got the first part. To check the result of the last command executed you check the value of variable $?. So:
The above if test checks if the exit status of the ping command was 1. If it is that means that the ping got no response, otherwise it would be 0 for success. The echo command prints out to screen and following command1 and command2 will be executed.

So now you'll need to fill in the commands to change the gateway (delete old one, add new one) and restart networking.

Kind regards,

Eric

it would be probably smart to demon-ize the script by adding a while loop and sleeping for a minute.

Ok so it would be something like this:


#!/bin/bash
ping -c 1 172.16.1.1
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]];
then
echo "Gateway is up and running"

if [[ $? -eq 1 ]];
then
echo "Gateway not reachable, changing..."
route add default gw 172.16.1.1
/etc/init.d/networking restart
fi

And I have one more question.
If I want to expand or replace the name of a variable with its value, I will use what? " " or ' ' or ` ` or what?

I just did a quick test, didn't know how to do it but I've found out.



#!/bin/bash
VAR=7
echo "$VAR"

and then


#!/bin/bash
VAR=7
echo '$VAR'

and seems like with " " you can expand or replace the name of a variable with its value.

I'm still waiting for an answer, ty.

Hello,

The above structure will give you an error since you started two 'if' and there's only one 'fi'. Better to include it in one 'if' like this:
The above if test checks if the ping command was successful (0) and does nothing else then print a message. If, on the other hand, the exit status is not 0, then it'll print out the message, add the default gateway and restart networking. But....

What happens with the route that points to the 'unreachable' gateway? Did you think about that? Try it out, see where you go and what errors you get, if any.

Great you found out about the quotation, single and double, in Bash. That's the best way to learn, trial and error.

Kind regards,

Eric