Wow! I tried the lo:0 trick and it worked like a charm. Thanks! Matthew
> On Wednesday 24 December 2003 08:23, Matthew Whitworth wrote: >> I have a host (eth0 = 10.0.30.251) to which I recently added a virtual >> interface (eth0:0 = 10.0.30.249). Now all traffic that originates from >> this host has the source address of eth0:0, which is causing some >> problems >> with a firewall that I don't control. > > Annoying isn't it? > > Try setting the second IP address as an alias on the *loopback* adapter, > ie: > lo:0. Use a bitmask of 255.255.255.255 otherwise strange things may > happen. > This should force the system to only use the "real" address for outgoing > requests, but it will still accept connections to the aliases address.
