>>PD> It wasn't clear to me from the original posting (or I've forgotten),
>>PD> but:
>>
>>PD> - Are you changing the gateway after you've already established the MySQL
>>PD> connection?
>>
>> Yes.
PD> Isn't that kind of an odd thing to do?
We have two dedicated lines, and we are switching the default
gateway if one of the line gets down in order to keep the
service on.
>>PD> - Under the circumstances you describe, does the UNIX ping command work?
>>
>> Yes.
PD> Does it work if you run it in continuous mode, i.e., to keep sending packets
PD> until you kill it?
Yes
>> But mysql_ping() hangs and returns only if I get back to the
>> previous gateway (the one which was used when the connection was
>> established).
PD> If you terminate the program and start it up again, does the new instance
PD> connect to the server properly?
Yes, without any problem.
Alex.
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