We're using RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36) with the SDL Frame Relay driver installed for a Riscom N2 card. We also have two NICs, eth1 to a /25 net, and eth0 to two /24 nets that share the same LAN cable. So there are really four nets here, with three different physical interfaces. THE PROBLEM: [root@gw bob]# /usr/sbin/traceroute 204.31.147.5 traceroute: Warning: Multiple interfaces found; using 204.31.147.10 @ eth0 traceroute to 204.31.147.5 (204.31.147.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 abraham.xc.org (204.31.147.5) 1.161 ms 0.375 ms 0.345 ms [root@gw bob]# /usr/sbin/traceroute 207.2.31.66 traceroute: Warning: Multiple interfaces found; using 204.31.147.10 @ eth0 traceroute to 207.2.31.66 (207.2.31.66), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 207.93.223.161 (207.93.223.161) 94.631 ms 526.631 ms 65.710 ms 2 ont-ca-gw1.netcom.net (163.179.42.1) 48.394 ms 52.773 ms 41.734 ms 3 h1-0-28-lax-ca-gw1.netcom.net (165.236.27.209) 63.913 ms 46.626 ms 52.457 ms ^C [root@gw bob]# THE QUESTION: How can I turn the route that looks like 207.2.31.209 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 eth0:0 into 207.2.31.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1500 0 0 eth0:0 so that packets between 234.56.78.128/25 and 207.2.31.0/24 travel through eth0:0 rather than through fr0? CONFIG INFO: [root@gw bob]# /sbin/ifconfig -a lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:67:31:16:0D inet addr:204.31.147.10 Bcast:204.31.147.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:76880 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:72934 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3 collisions:14790 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00 eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:67:31:16:0D inet addr:207.2.31.209 Bcast:207.2.31.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:C6:01:03:1C inet addr:234.56.78.129 Bcast:234.56.78.255 Mask:255.255.255.128 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:73192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:72313 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:44 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300 fr0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:207.93.223.205 P-t-P:192.168.9.2 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1319 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1496 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 fr1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:0.0.0.0 P-t-P:0.0.0.0 Mask:0.0.0.0 POINTOPOINT NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 [root@gw bob]# [root@gw bob]# netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 207.2.31.209 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 eth0:0 192.168.9.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 fr0 207.93.223.161 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 fr0 234.56.78.128 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.128 U 1500 0 0 eth1 204.31.147.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1500 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 3584 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 207.93.223.161 0.0.0.0 UG 1500 0 0 fr0 [root@gw bob]# [root@gw bob]# diff /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0{,:0} 1c1 < DEVICE="eth0" --- > DEVICE="eth0:0" 4c4 < IPADDR="204.31.147.10" --- > IPADDR="207.2.31.209" [root@gw bob]# [root@gw bob]# cat /etc/sysconfig/static-routes any net 204.31.147.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 204.31.147.10 any net 207.2.31.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 207.2.31.209 [root@gw bob]# Any suggestions are welcome! -- Bob Sutterfield +1 909 794 1151 Mission Aviation Fellowship / MAFlink Tech mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.XC.Org/bob Pray Globally - Serve Locally - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]