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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:46:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        j@lumiere.net (Jesse)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: routing based on source address
Message-ID:  <199902261946.LAA85035@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902260148450.64773-100000@leaf.lumiere.net> from Jesse at "Feb 26, 99 01:53:50 am"

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Jesse writes:
> I have a box hooked up to a network with access to two seperate lines
> going to two seperate networks (206.x.x.x for link #1 and 207.x.x.x for
> link #2). The machine has IP addresses on both IP ranges. The default
> gateway is 207.x.x.1.
> 
> I'm running a server which is bound to a 206.x.x.x IP. However, since my
> default gateway is 207.x.x.1, it sends all data out on link #2 but
> receives incoming data over link #1. This means that if either link #1 or
> link #2 is down, I'm effectively dead in the water.
> 
> Is there any way to tell my box that for all data going out of it with a
> /source/ address of 206.x.x.x should be sent through the 206.x.x.1
> gateway? I know I can do this based on destination, but I have no clue how
> to do it based on source (and unfortunately I can't predict the addresses
> of all the clients I'll be communicating with).

I don't know of any way to do this without hacking the kernel code.. :-(

-Archie

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