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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2001 14:37:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: same interface Route Cache
Message-ID:  <200103171937.OAA75388@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103171002500.16887-100000@cody.jharris.com>
References:  <3AB3882D.5EAC34@softweyr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103171002500.16887-100000@cody.jharris.com>

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<<On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 10:28:25 -0600 (CST), Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> said:

> 	Packet 1 comes in through ISP #2 network.  It comes into your
> 	internal network to machine 1.  Machine 1 replies to the
> 	packet...but where does it go?  It will exit through interface 
> 	to ISP #1 because of the default gateway.  It came in ISP #2 and
> 	left out ISP #1.  There is your problem.

That's the way Internet routing is supposed to work.  If your routing
table says a packet supposed to go one way, and it really needs to go
another way, that's *user error* -- if you misconfigure your routing,
FreeBSD will do what you ask it to; it can't read your mind!

-GAWollman


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