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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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