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I'm writing a script to control my network interfaces. I've three network interfaces viz eth0, ppp0, wlan0. I want such a configuration that when there is no internet available on eth0, it should switch to ppp0 and when ppp0 is also down, it should switch to wlan0.

Whenever I need to switch from eth0 to ppp0, I write following command:

sudo route add default gw "IP of ppp0"

And it gets connected. But the problem is there while switching between eth0 to wlan0 and vice-versa.

Sometimes while using sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.254 eth0, I get following response:

SIOCADDRT: File exists

And interface do not switch.

I check for the route command and I got following result:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
default         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    202    0        0 eth0
default         192.168.43.141  0.0.0.0         UG    303    0        0 wlan0
10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    304    0        0 ppp0
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.252.0   U     202    0        0 eth0
192.168.43.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     303    0        0 wlan0

Then I've to remove all interfaces by using following command multiple times:

sudo route del default

Then after checking route again, I successfully deleted existing gateways and get this:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    304    0        0 ppp0
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.252.0   U     202    0        0 eth0
192.168.43.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     303    0        0 wlan0

But the problem I faced is that, after 4-5 minutes, these gateways appears again without any changes made by me. Help me to make me understand the working of linux here. How gateway IPs are configured automatically and how can I prevent it to do so.

theashwanisingla
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  • What you are (probably) trying is an exercise in futility - although you haven't said what you are doing. `/etc/resolv.conf` contains `# Generated by resolvconf` - this is normal for virtually all dhcp clients. You can change it but it will be overwritten! What you (probably) want can be done with `dhcpcd` - see [How to set up networking/WiFi](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/37921/8697) NOTE having 2 default routes is a recipe for disaster! – Milliways Dec 17 '19 at 05:32
  • One of my question is, after deleting the gateway, how they're configuring again after few minutes? – theashwanisingla Dec 17 '19 at 05:34
  • because it is automatically **Generated by resolvconf** – Milliways Dec 17 '19 at 05:36
  • Ok. I'll try what you told. – theashwanisingla Dec 17 '19 at 05:39
  • You should not reinvent the wheel. What you try is a typical dynamic failover and that is managed with **bonding**. You can find an example with two interfaces at [Howto migrate from networking to systemd-networkd with dynamic failover](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/78788/79866). But it is no problem to have more interfaces with **bonding**. – Ingo Dec 18 '19 at 10:27

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