Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:38:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I set the source address on a multi-homed host? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0502130938030.7366@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0502130930530.7366@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <200502112206.43267.dgw@liwest.at> <420D2348.4020408@spintech.ro> <Pine.GSO.4.61.0502130930530.7366@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Jan Grant wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Daniela wrote: > > > Yes, this happens when I connect from my machine (which functions as a router > > with NAT to allow the other LAN machines connect to the internet) to another > > LAN machine. When the router establishes a connection to another point in the > > intranet, the source address used is my official IP, and not 10.0.0.1, which > > is the intranet IP of the router. > > In other words, I want the source address to be 10.0.0.1 on every outgoing > > connection where the destination is inside my intranet. > > Assuming you haven't munged the internal IP address to hide it, and with > all due deference to the FreeBSD "mechanism, not policy" mantra: no, you > don't want to do this. Excuse my misinformation. Misread "inside" for "outside". -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287864 or +44 (0)117 9287088 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Solution: (n) a watered-down version of something neat.
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