Ben Greear wrote: > > As usual, I seem to be trying to do something that is inherently > not how things work. But, if you have any ideas, I'd love to hear > them :) > > Are there any linux-related mailing lists where this is a more appropriate > question? > > Basically, I want a single PC to look like a bunch of PCs. > > So, I might have: > > Ether > -------- S --------- > Client -eth0 172.20.20.3 W | ServerPC > PC -eth1 172.20.20.4 I eth0-| 172.20.20.1 > -eth2 172.20.20.5 T |_________ > -------- C > H > > Now, I would like to be able to have eth0 have one IP address > (no virtual interfaces, at least in one configuration), and > be able to route packets over a specific eth interface on the > Client PC. Assume that a plain old ethernet switch sits between them. > > So, can this be done with something like source-routing? The > ServerPC can just send out it's pkts on eth0, so it's pretty simple, but > what about the Client PC? Can I somehow tell the kernel that if > the packet is from a certain IP, then it is to send it out a certain > ethernet port? > > If that's possible, can I make sure that the ARP fromm ServerPC > is answered correctly so that the pkt comes to the right ClientPC > ethernet device (and right port on the switch)? > > Thanks, > Ben -- Ben Greear ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear Author of ScryMUD: scry.wanfear.com 4444 (Released under GPL) http://scry.wanfear.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
