[901] in linux-net channel archive
Re: multiple IP addresses, outgoing connections
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen R. van den Berg)
Mon Aug 14 15:16:06 1995
From: srb@cuci.nl (Stephen R. van den Berg)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 12:25:23 +0200
In-Reply-To: seneca!hm@commy.ix.de's message as of 1995 Aug 13 Sun 8:09.
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To: seneca!hm@commy.ix.de, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
seneca!hm@commy.ix.de <seneca!hm@commy.ix.de> wrote:
>Stephen R. van den Berg (srb@cuci.nl) wrote:
>> Now, if you have one ethernet connection, but have multiple IP addresses
>> (like by using dummy interfaces), there seems to be no way to coerce the
>> kernel/programs into automatically selecting a certain sender address
>> depending on where you'd like to connect.
>This seems so. My "problem" is just the opposite. I have an ISDN card in
>is unknown). Assigning the IP/ISDN interface my "real" address is no
>alternative -- if the ISDN software isn't loaded due to some
>testing, the box can't even look up its name in /etc/hosts.
??? Why don't you set the dummy interface and the ISDN interface to the
same address (the real address)? Should work like a charm, even if the
ISDN software isn't loaded.
--
Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
E Pluribus Unix.
