Hey, all. This is something I've tried (and failed) to get working for time out of mind. Recently, I'd come to need it yet again -- this time in virtualland: I needed multiple NICs on the same VM able to respond to external queries, often off the same subnet. And I needed them responding via the NIC the query came in on. We'd been making this "work" by setting up lots of static host routes and stuff, but it still felt as hokey as it had in years past. Then someone on a BBS I'm on pasted this link: https://kindlund.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/configuring-multiple-default-routes-in-linux/
I'd fooled around with policy based routing -- even bought a book! -- but it just never "clicked," and none of the examples I saw online (as, indeed, the page also proclaims) showed exactly how to do what I wanted to do. But now I have a VM with queries being responded to by the NIC the query comes in on. The stock default gateway still works for internally originated packets, but inbound packets are now "bound" to the NIC they come in on. And there was great rejoicing. (I just won $10 from myself that I've had hanging on my cube wall for two years.) Anyway... yeah. I'm happy. Thought others might find it useful, too. -Ken _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
