Hello David.
Thanks for your help. It works nicely.
David Ford wrote:
> Get the 'ip' tool and use it to specify the src.
> ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/pub/ip-routing/
> a 'howto' of sorts is at http://dawn.elte.hu/~endre/ip-cref/
/sbin/ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 src x.x.x.1
causes the kernel to do what i need.
> Michael Marxmeier wrote:
> > I setup a linux box to work as a router/fw. It has 3 nw cards
> > which are connected to different networks. To connect to the
> > cisco router (provided by the ISP) we used a rfc1597 address
> > space.
> >
> > ^ ISP
> > |
> > ---------
> > | Cisco |
> > ---------
> > | 192.168.0.1
> > |
> > | 192.168.0.2
> > ---------
> > | Linux | x.x.x.1
> > | |-------- other boxes x.x.x.2 .. 10
> > ---------
> > |
> > |
> > Other boxes (private addresses)
> >
> > The x.x.x.x addresses are "official" addresses.
> >
> > Problem is that a package originating on the Linux gw and going
> > to the Cisco has a src address of 192.168.0.2 which of course
> > is dropped. The Cisco cannot easily be re-configured.
> > Is there any sane way to force the src address of packages
> > originating on the linux gw to a particular interface?
Michael
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